in the next round. next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next roundlj feel likep at all in this match, and she was just playing so this match, and she was just playing so well, and i was just waiting for her to get a little bit tired, and i think she did towards the end of the second set, and the third set, so that's when i just tried second set, and the third set, so that's when ijust tried to really accelerate. depending -- defending champion halep also made it through in three sets. she will be up against the winner of the other qualifier. serena williams cruised into the third round with victory over the japanese qualifier, winning in straight sets in just over an hour. williams will play her fellow american in the next round. novak djokovic is in a good position to win his second grand slam of the year, win his second grand slam of the yea r, after win his second grand slam of the year, after a routine win over laaksonen. he will play unseeded italian caruso in the next round, who knocked out home favourite simon. one of liverpool's undisputed stars of the s

she will play the czech republic's katerina siniakova in the next round.uggled in her first match, but not in round two. she beat japanese qualifier kurumi nara in straight sets and will face sofia kenin for a place in the last 16. dina asher—smith has put down another notable marker to her global sprint rivals by winning the 200 metres at the stockholm diamond league in a world—leading time. up against an elite field that included olympic champion elaine thompson and two—time world champion dafne schippers, asher—smith surged clear to win by almost half a second in 22.18 seconds, the quickest time of 2019. i was really happy because honestly i wanted to come here and when i wa nted i wanted to come here and when i wanted to run a good quality race and hit all my technical points. but idid not and hit all my technical points. but i did not expect to run that site and do not expect if her alter ego that well so i'm really happy. it feels nice also have to go home and more because there is this incredibly talented female sprinters in the world right now. ano

she'll face katerina siniakova in the third round. the men's world number one, novak djokovic, is through to the third round at roland garros for the 14th consecutive year. that's after a routine straight sets win over henri laaksonen. next up for the 2016 champion is the unseeded italian salvatore caruso. rafael nadal continues his quest for a record—extending 12th title at roland garros in the coming hours. the defending champion will face 27th seed david goffin. the pair have met three previous times on clay, with goffin not managing to win a single set. now, ecuador‘s richard carapaz is still the man to catch as the giro d'italia heads into stage 19 on friday. damiano cima just held off the peloton to win thursday's gruelling stage, but crucially it's carapaz who retains the pinkjersey. the movistar rider has a lead ofjust under two minutes, ahead of the 151km ride from treviso to san martino di castrozza. the build—up continues to anthonyjoshua's first fight in america. the weigh—in with andy ruinr takes in place at madison squar

she will play the czech republic's katerina siniakova in the next round.ther heading our way, actually. temperatures will reach the high 20s by the time we get to saturday, but not everybody is going to get the warmth. but this is certainly going to be the headline, i think, for the next few days. ok, let's get the forecast, then, for the here and now. and clouds are streaming in off the atlantic. they have done so far for quite awhile now, bringing a lot of poor conditions to many north—western areas, mist, drizzle, coastal fog and places as well. outbreaks of rain coming and going. not widespread, because they are sort of quite patchy outbreaks of rain, but some of them will be heavy. very mild, these are south—westerly winds, so temperature is about 14 degrees first thing in the morning on friday. now, here in the morning on friday. now, here in the south—west, these mild ones bringing that rental to northern ireland in western scotland. in fa ct, ireland in western scotland. in fact, when all is said and done, once the rain finally clears away, we coul