russell fuller is in paris for us. did he impress? came through very comfortably in _ he impress? he did, he came through very comfortably in the _ he impress? he did, he came through very comfortably in the end, - he impress? he did, he came through very comfortably in the end, in - he impress? he did, he came through very comfortably in the end, in four i very comfortably in the end, in four sets, which is quick for sets on clay, he looked very comfortable against lloyd harris, who is ranked nine places below him, and it's a continuation of what we have seen from him on the clay this year. it was his 16th win on the surface in what is a relatively short clay court season, reach the finals, and it looks now as if you will get a chance to play rafa nadal for the third time this year, assuming that nadal keeps up his perfect record against richard gasquet in the session later.— session later. let's talk about world number _ session later. let's talk about world number one, _ session later. let's talk about world number one, novak- sess

our tennis correspondent russell fuller says osaka's decision won't come as a surprise to people who anything of a surprise at all. it's a very short time since she withdrew from the french open after her first round match. it was only two and a half weeks ago. and clearly she needs time, she is spending that with family and friends at the moment to work through how she is going to conduct her tennis careerfrom here. she has talked about suffering severe bouts of depression since she won her first grand slam title in new york in 2018. and i think what is really encouraging is that she feels that she's going be able to represent her country on home soil in the tokyo olympics in just six weeks' time. auckland in new zealand has been named as the world s most liveable city. out of 140 cities, it is right there at the top. that's according to an annual list produced by the economist intelligence unit. the new zealand city has stolen the top spot from vienna ? which has dropped down the list, largely due to repeated covid—i9 lockdowns. cities are ranked on a number of factors including st