anastasija sevastova took an upset. anastasija sevastova took a mid career breakfour years ago before coming back and stringing together an impressive sequence of results. the other semifinal has two of the younger players, ers. maddison keys was in the final last year. but this year has been calmer and less late—night drama under the lights and she looks a more complete player. the new scotland football captain andy robertson believes he's the man to lead his country back to a major tournament. he watched scotland's women reach the world cup earlier this week and the liverpool defender says ending the men's 20 year absence from the main stage would trump any of his football achievements. alasdair lamont has more. leading from the front, the new scotla nd leading from the front, the new scotland captain relishing the role. he will lead out the team against belgium. tomorrow's match is about getting players ready for the nations league and with that another attempt to qualify for a major tournament. that is something the

anastasija sevastova took an upset.years ago before coming back and stringing together an impressive sequence of results. the other semifinal has two of the younger players, ers. maddison keys was in the final last year. but this year has been calmer and less late—night drama under the lights and she looks a more complete player. the new scotland football captain andy robertson believes he's the man to lead his country back to a major tournament. he watched scotland's women reach the world cup earlier this week and the liverpool defender says ending the men's 20 year absence from the main stage would trump any of his football achievements. alasdair lamont has more. leading from the front,

serena williams is in the final, the six time winner at this event beat sevastova.ing. the details for this weekend still look a little uncertain. things are more straightforward, though, for friday. a lot of the rain and earlier thunderstorms have been fading away. skies have been clearing, which is why it's been turning quite chilly out there, and it'll feel a little cooler for many places with a north—westerly breeze, but for the most part it'll be dry. there's going to be some areas of rain still around, very close to this area of low pressure that's in the north sea. this is where we'll see most of the rain, so perhaps northern parts of scotland, eastern scotland for a while, and the north—east of england. maybe a little bit of rain heading towards the wash, but for the most part, this rain will move its way out into the north sea. one or two showers coming in on that north—westerly breeze, patchy cloud bubbling up, still some sunny spells, and most places will have a dry day. it may feel a little warmer across the northern half of the uk with some sunshine, bu

winner and will now face number 19 seed anastasija sevastova after she knocked out defending champion

but first up it's serena williams against latvia's anastasija sevastova.alling 2ath grand slam title. we were a couple of steps away in the last grandson, and definitely not ahead of myself, and no matter whether the semifinals or finals, i have a long way to go. —— grand slam. it was proved true at wimbledon, i take it one at a time, literally. well serena's clash with anastasija sevastova is first up on arthur ashe court in just over two hours' time followed by keys and osaka. looking ahead to those matches — from new york, here's our tennis correspondent russel fuller. looking ahead to those matches from new york, our tennis correspondent. these are the sights and smells of central manhattan, hours before the women's semifinals. all of the talk is about serena williams chasing a 2ath grand slam title. she hasn't won the us open since 201a, a drought by her standards. she looks in better form drought by her standards. she looks in betterform in wimbledon. let's not forget she reached the final. with her unorthodox game, she likes to use slice and varied

programme: defending women's champion sloane stephens is knocked out of the us open by anastasija sevastova. team usa captainjim furyk has selected tiger woods, bryson dechambeau and phil mickelson as three of his four captain's picks for the ryder cup later this month. and denmark's football team could pick a side including futsal players against wales this weekend. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis at the us open in new york, and six—time winner serena williams is through to the semi—finals after a straight—sets win over karolina pliskova. the 20—time grand slam winner was a 6—4, 6—7 winner and will now face number 19 seed anastasija sevastova after she knocked out defending champion sloane stephens, also in straight sets, 6—2, 6—3. the latvian number 19 seed, who is through to her first grand slam semi—final, broke stephens twice in the opening set, and completed the win injust under an hour and a half. it is always tough to play her, i think, because her ball is so heavy, she has a big spender the forehand, also backhand, and it comes at you so also backhand

surreally serena williams goes towards a record 24th grand slam title with a victory over sevastova inls the course record at the bmw championship in pensylvannia. hello and welcome and in tennis, in the past few minutes serena williams is into the us open final with a straight sets 6—3, 6—0 win over latvian sevastova, which tookjust over an hour. the 36—year—old, a six time winner at flushing meadows, when the 2—0 down before she exploded into action and made a real

she was beaten in straight sets by 19th seed anastasija sevastova.the us open. argentinian third seed juan martin del potro has secured his place in the semi—finals with victory over american john isner. isner won the first set on a tie—break but del potro, who claimed his only grand slam title at the 2009 us open, took the second 6—3 and then the third on a tiebreak. he went on to seal his place in the last four in style, taking the fourth and final set six games to two. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the talkradio presenter, daisy mcanderw and kevin schofield, edior of politicshome. —— daisy mcandrew. and i promise no relation. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. jeremy corbyn has been humiliated by his own allies, as the labour party's ruling body rejected his attempt to add a caveat to the party's definition of anti—semitism. that's in the times. the same story makes it into the independent, which says tha

against latvian 19th seed anastasija sevastova.n years, being dubbed "the next lewis hamilton" is a natural comparison to make. but lando norris — mightjust be the one to live up to the hype. he's just signed to race for mclaren next year — making him the youngest british driver in the history of formula one. our sports news correspondent andy swiss has been to meet him. i feel ready, i ifeel ready, i have been testing in the past and everyone i do itjust feels more and more natural and confident. especially during the fp one, under a bit confident. especially during the fp one, undera bit more confident. especially during the fp one, under a bit more pressure. confident. especially during the fp one, undera bit more pressure. i'm able to compare myself a bit more with everyone else on the grid. therefore i feel i'm ready for the next thing. now — a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. a source close to jose mourinho has disputed a spanish newspaper report claiming a suspended prison sentence has been

she had a shaky few minutes against 19th seated anastasija sevastova of latvia.iams went on to win, 6-3, 6-0. she'll go up against the 20th seed naomi osaka of japan. >>> well, hollywood is mourning the loss of one of its biggest stars. burt reynolds died at the age of 82. >> reporter: with his athletic physique and sliced smile he was one of the biggest star os the early '70s and early '80s. he first rose to fame in tv westerns after an injury ended his college football career, but it was his turn as lewis medlock in the wilderness classic "deliverance" that turned him into a superstar. >> we have the ability to survive. >> reporter: that same year reynolds shocked america by posing nude for "cosmopolitan." later he said he thought it cost him and his "deliverance" co-stars oscar recognition but it didn't cost him his fans. a string of hits followed including "the longest yard," which tapped his background, and "the smokey and the bandit" which starred sally fields. >> cowboys love fat calfs. >> they're not fat. >> they're bigger than mine. >> he had to convince

sevastova taking it right to stephens...irst set... 6-2 then on the 2nd... match point... stephens hits into the net... sevastova defeats the defending champ easily... 6-2, 6-3... the latvian reaches her first semifinal in flushing meadows after making it to the quarterfinals the past two years. finally, there was no question this was going to happen, but now it's official. tiger woods...has been selected to this year's ryder cup team. at 42-years-old, eldrick lands on the squad for the 8th time in his career...first time it's happened since 2012. such is an incredible milestone considering what he's been through... the multiple back surgeries... hasn't played in more than a year before this season.... and at one point was ranked 656th- in the world. this year...what a run... 5-top 10 finishes including 2nd place at the pga championship. and also joining him on team-- phil mickelson. lefty..chose to make his announcement in style today...posting a photo of himself rocking some shades with an american flag bandana. this is hi

in case you missed it, on tuesday in the us open number 19 seed anastasija sevastova knocked out defending—finals. the latvian number 19 seed, who is through to her first grand slam semi—final, broke stephens twice in the opening set and completed the win in just under an hour and a half. i have been six and seven since monday, bad sinus infection. whatever, you to play. i said, i have been playing well in the last matches and today was a tough day, aided and play my best, i wish i could have played better but itjust wasn't that a. —— itjust could have played better but itjust wasn't that a. —— it just wasn't the day. a source close tojose mourinho has disputed a spanish newspaper report claiming a suspended prison sentence has been accepted by him. earlier reports in the el mundo newspaper claimed that the manchester united manager had accepted the punishment and a fine as part of a deal to settle a spanish tax evasion case. the manchester united boss appeared before a court near madrid last year and said afterwards he considered the case closed and he would pay what he owed. we're so use

later she's back on court at arthur ashe stadium to face latvia's anastasija sevastova in the us openn away from a 9th singles final at flushing meadows. staying with the us open and in case you missed it, japanese number 20 seed naomi 0saka became the first japanese woman to reach the last four of a grand slam since kimiko date 22 years ago, as she eased past ukraine's lesia tsurenko winning 6—1 6—1 in new york on wednesday. it was a good day forjapan because kei nishikori is through to the semi—finals of the men's singles. it will the number 21 seed beat maric cilic in five sets to reach the last four of a grand slam for the first time since 2014. that was the year cilic beat him in the final. experience counts for a lot, at least that's what thomas bjorn's hoping. the europe captain has given wildcards to players with plenty of ryder cup pedigree. england's ian poulter is one of them. he's not had the greatest of seasons, but he has helped europe win the event four times. paul casey, henrik stenson and sergio garcia have also been given the nod to face the americans in 3 weeks time

she beat karolina pliskova in straight sets and will now face the latvian anastasija sevastova.e qualified by right for the tournament at the end of the month taking place just sat —— outside paris at the club national. these eight will definitely be going but outside those the other five are all rookies. what will thomas bjorn do when he picks his wild cards? he's expected to go with experience with his four picks and who else to go to? ian poulter. he is a ryder cup inspiration, losing just four of 18 matches he's been involved in, he has never lost a singles match and we love that. the fist pumping that goes with his victories. five ryder cups, expect him to get the call if he hasn't already. it will be revealed this afternoon. sergio garcia has gone off the boil since winning the masters last year but another experienced player. paul casey and henrik stenson also expected to get into thomas bjorn‘s team.jim furyk, the expected to get into thomas bjorn‘s team. jim furyk, the american captain made his wild card picks, just three of them and he has won more. tiger woods, as exp

she beat karolina pliskova in straight sets and will now fave the latvian anastasia sevastova the englandlay a world cup warm up match at stjames park next year. they'll play italy there on september 6th before heading to japan . it's the first time they will have played a test in newcastle and the first time in three years they have staged a home—match away from twickenham. that was the world cup group game against uruguay at manchester city's etihad stadium. they will also play wales twice in august at twickenham and cardiff and will also face ireland at twickenham. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport prosecutors say they have sufficient evidence to charge two russian nationals with the nerve agent attack in salisbury. former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in march. the suspects have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov — although it's believed these were aliases. the police have video footage showing the two men arriving

cruised through to the us open final with a straight—sets, 6—3, 6—0 win over latvian anastasija sevastovaeal statement, as she moves within one win of a record equalling 24th grand slam title. the first batch of matches in the inaugural uefa nations league were played on thursday, including world champions france, who were in munich to play former champions germany. it was france's first match since lifting the world cup in moscow, and the league a group 1 game failed to deliver any goals. but it did see a wonderful string of second—half saves from third—choice french goalkeeper alphonse areola. germany went out at the group stage in russia, their earliest exit for 80 years, with the next match in the group to be france against the netherlands, to be played in paris on sunday. well, we've all seen england and tottenham hotspur midfielder dele alli's challenges that have been trending on social media in the last few weeks. well, now his england team mate kyle walker has had some fun of his own. here is the manchester city fullback nutmegging dele in the gym, to the enjoyment of his england

anastasija sevastova knock defending champion sloane stephens out with a 6—2, 6—3 victory to progressthrough in straight sets to become the first latvian woman to reach the semifinals. while in the men's draw juan martin del potro fought back from losing the first set against americanjohn isner to claim a four set victory and advance to the semi—finals. he took the second set 6—3 and the third on a tie—break before winning the fourth and final set 6—2. and thatis the fourth and final set 6—2. and that is all of the sport. good evening to you, looking at quite a lot of cloud across england and wales. the sickest cloud is across east anglia where we start to see some rain moved in, particle it was the east and that will be with us on was the east and that will be with us on and off for the next few hours of. across the north—west of scotland, showers but otherwise dry night turning white chilli for northern ireland and scotland, two bridges into a single figures in the cold est bridges into a single figures in the coldest spots. a touch of frost isn't out of the question just like last

she‘s into the final at the us open, after beating anastasija sevastova in straight sets.ying in the ryder cup at the end of the month and both putting in some impressive rounds. thank you very much. the liberal democrats will hold a leadership election "once brexit is resolves or stopped", current leader sir vince cable has said. the lib dems have 12 mps, down from the 57 they had in 2010. sir vince took over last year, without a contest. let‘s get more from our political correspondent chris mason. tell us more. good morning. the intriguing thing politically this morning if you have two people, vince cable and tony blair, former big beasts of what they would see as the centre ground of british politics. men who are used to sitting in the back of ministerial jaguars and clutching red boxes, trying to work out where they and their politics sits in the modern landscape. frankly, both of them kind of struggling and articulating a thought about how politics might change, revved whether via a new party or as vince cable said, shaking up the current leadership roles within his p

taking on anastasjia sevastova... the first 2 games but came back and won the next 5.... serena took the first set... 6-3...she has won 12 out her last 13 games... tonight she mixed things up ..getting better at her volley.. playing close to the net ..it only took 2 sets... 6-3, 6-0... serena moves sets... 6-3, 6-0...serena moves on to play in her 31st major final.. it's been a big year for the warriors president and c-o-o rick welts.. he's putting his stamp on building the all new chase center in san francisico.. and now he officially has his coveted orange hall of fame jacket...... the committee presented it today.... there has been an outpouring of compliments from steve kerr and the warriors staff including a pretty cool letter coming from someone who works directly with welts on nbadot com...welts has more than 40 years of expereience in the nba... he got his start as a ball boy with the seattle supersonics.. and he was one of the brains behind creating nba all star weekend.. it's been a long road back to picking

taking on anastasjia sevastova... first 2 games but came back and won the next 5.... serena took the first set... 6-3...she has won 12 out her last 13 games... tonight she mixed things up ..getting better at her volley.. playing close to the net ..it only took 2 sets... 6-3, 6-0... serena moves on to play in her 31st major final.. (pam) a man in massachusetts is demanding answers from the transit authority-- after a bus driver was áácaught on camera denying him service... all because of his race. the driver has since been fired. but tonight... reporter kathryn burcham spoke with the passenger involved who says, not enough has been done to address the incident. this bus is just part of kevin brook's daily commute from his job on martha's vineyard to his new bedford homekevin brooks, passengeri needed to already very longbut on july 12, that all came to an abrupt haltwhen kevin says the bus driver passed him bykevini walk in front of the bus, put my hand up so he can see me, we make eye contact, stood on the side of the

she's into the us open final after beating latvia's anastasija sevastova in just over an hour. as england play india in the fifth and final test at the oval. they boast an unbeatable 3—1 series lead. cook will bow out as england's most—capped player, and highest test run—scorer. rory mcilroy and tiger woods both equalled the course record on the first day of the bmw championship in pennsylvania. mcilroy and woods will begin the second day's play, on 8—under par after shooting rounds of 62. a little bit more for you in the papers ina a little bit more for you in the papers in a moment. we will flick through those in a moment. naga is doing it already! there's a lot going on. i will leave you to it! time for the weather now, and we have matt here in the studio with us this morning. a treat. full complement. atreat. full complement. inside! it won't last. we will kick you out later. is this because you seen the weather forecast? it's not raining, they will get me out there then. how is it looking? it is looking drive that we should cosy up, looking chilly at the moment. a fine not

court report for fox business serena williams one win away from 24th major title draftedan sevastova3 gailz to put 3 and love win in books over an hour, four aces five breaks 31 wirpz for serena with an equal all-time record this weekend. >> she will face osaka for title after 20-year-old upset american keys to become first japanese woman to reach a major final. and don't forget watch the women's final from tennis channel coverage starts saturday 7 pm eastern. maria: as telling you jobs' report is out, the economy added 20 ,000 jobs in august beating economists expectations unemployment rate 3.89% host of "varney & company" stuart varney his thoughts good morning. >> let's not go overboard it was not fabulous report by any means but pretty strong. looks like we are on track for a 4% growth in third quarter, and may be 3 1/2% growth overall, 20 1,000 is not bad if 4% growth in economy i thought you get more than 200,000 new jobs each every month okay that said, it does appear that we're in a very fully ployed economy with u6 number real unemployment rate down to 7.4%, overall, solid,

taking on anastasjia sevastova...back and won the next 5.... serena took the first set... 6-3... serena has won 12 out her last 13 games... she didn't waver at all in the semifinal...getting better at her volley.. playing close to the net tonight..it only took 2 sets... 6-3, 6-0serena moves on to play in her 31st major final.. sometimes the best form of praise doesn't come from a voting committee... but fromthe people you work with every day....for warriors president and c-o-o rick welts..he not only received the coveted orange hall of fame jacket today... but an outpouring of compliments from steve kerr and the warriors staff including a pretty cool letter coming from someone who works directly with welts every day..welts has welts every day..welts has more than 40 years of expereience in the nba... he got his start as a ball boy with the seattle supersonics.. and he was one of the brains behind creating nba all star weekend.. and with all of his accomplishmen ts, welts surprised by the news of his induction...(sot)

williams dominate d anastasija sevastova of latvia last e six-time open winner will play japan's naomimorrow. i like her tennis suit. i like that. >> in an interview afterwards, too, they asked her, you were at the net a lot more, you're known for being so strong back at the baseline. she said, i have won apl ubles ch->> i going t for the w norah, how about you? >> her humility and her sense of, like, if i can do it, you can do it too, i think it's just resonating with so many people in a new way. i just love it. love watching. my girls were watching with me and my son. >> being a mom has really changed her as well. she's bringing that to the court. >> she said, i thought it would make me less competitive. it's made me more competitive. >> i'm going with her for the win. how about you? >> i only watched -- >> naomi from japan. >> she said she's only dreamed of playing against serena. she said i don't dream to lose. >> okay. >> she's got a little serena in her too. >> all right. quite a match. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. the tr

lifts trophy in new york will equal margaret in all time for most major titles serena will face sevastovamifinal at major, don't forget tennis channel coverage of the u.s. open continues wednesday 8:00 a.m. eastern. >> welcome back turn to democratic primary shocker in massachusetts yesterday, far left candidate i ana pressley taking out 10 term combatant congressman double-digit win joining me stuart varney to weigh in what did you make. >> margin of victory i understand a tight real estates in end not tight 59-41 gigantic margin of victory a shock the shock how far left the democrat party is being pulled for november midterms, looks to me like going into that vote, on base of supporting free college open borders, issue medicare for all impeach trump seems overriding position taken by democrats going into the midterms. i am not sure america is ready for that. i just don't think it is qualify i would be horrified if it was to go for that kind of socialism but that is writing on wall for democrats the moment i have to say nancy pelosi is not happy with the result yesterday, in boston, mass

she beat karolina pliskova in straight sets and will now fave the latvian anastasia sevastova.ark next year. they'll play italy there on september 6th before heading to japan . it's the first time they will have played a test in newcastle and the first time in three years they have staged a home—match away from twickenham. that was the world cup group game against uruguay at manchester city's etihad stadium. they will also play wales twice in august at twickenham and cardiff and will also face ireland at twickenham. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on our main news story. prosecutors say they have sufficient evidence to charge two russian nationals with the nerve agent attack in salisbury. former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in march. the suspects have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, although it's believed these were aliases. the police have video footage showing the two men arriving at gatwick airport. earlier, theresa may told mps there is reason to believe that the two men were off