novak djokovic and stan wawrinka were both in action on clay. they are fine-tuning for the year second d grand slam i in ps at the end of the month. >> for novak d djokovic it was a routinine victory in which he ws rarely troubleled by the amemern qualififier c commentator roots. -- the american qualifier,, tataylor fritz. a 6-2 score sealed the victory and progression into round three. another veteran of the tennessee must looking for his spot in the second roundnd, stan wawrinka ee to win and will face the argentinian next. brent: here's a writer of the top stories were following for you. turkey's opposition party says they will win a controversial rerun of istanbul's mayoral election. president erdogan's ruling party fought a legal battle to have the opposition's original victory over turned. the united nations says around 100 thousand -- 100,000 civilians are fleeing figighting despite a truc reports say scores of civilians have been killed. you're watching dw news. after short break, i will be back to take you through the day. tonight we wi

it's after the five time champion in the spanish capital beat stan wawrinka in straight sets.imona halep is still no course to re—take the world number one spot. -- still —— still on course. she's through to the final in madrid after beating belinda bencic. she'll play kiki bertens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. well, this weekend is also the culmination of european rugby's elite competition — the champions cup. saracens v leinster — two of the best sides in the history of the european cup will go head to head at stjames park tomorrow, chris slegg looks ahead to the game. saracens again are heading off to fight for europe's greatest shiniest crown. having comfortably beating munster in the semis, saracens are back in the champions cup final. now a tougher hurdle, beating the holders and team that knocked them out in the quarterfinals, leinster. we were very well beaten on the day by a better team. 14 months on going into this game in a betterframe of mind, mostly we are good. physically we are good. we have momentum in the competition. th

nishikori progressed afterjust over two hours on court and next faces the three time major winner stan wawrinkaand world number one naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals for the first time after she eased past bela russian aliaksandra sasnovich 6—2, 6—3. osaka pulled out of the semi—finals in stuttgart last month with a stomach injury but said she's no longer feeling discomfort during matches. in the last eight, the two—time major champion will face switzerland's belinda bencic. three—time winner and number two seed petra kvitova will face the lady she beat in last year's final, kiki bertens. that's after the czech continued her title defence with a convincing third round victory over france's caroline garcia, winning in straight sets — 6—3, 6—3. while winner in 2016 and 2017, simona halep also advanced to the quarter—finals following a crushing 6—0, 6—0 win over slovakian viktoria kuzmova. the romanian third seed needed a little over 44 minutes to secure the straight—sets victory and next faces australian ashleigh barty. to cricket where the first of five one—day internationals between

and the 2015 french open champion stan wawrinka snapped out of his three match losing streak, to beater an hour. he won 6—2, 6—3. wawrinka will play guido pella in the second round. in the women's draw ukraine's kateryna kozlova stunned number five—seed karolina pliskova in three sets to progress to the last 16. the 25—year—old making her debut at this tournament was a 7—5, 2—6, 6—4 winner in one hour and 51 minutes and will now go up against switzerland's belinda bencic for a place in the quarter finals. . .. two—time champion simona halep cruised past great britain'sjoanna konta 7—5, 6—1 in one hour and 28 minutes in the second round. the romanian world number three claimed the trophy in the spanish capital in 2016 and 2017. fourth seed angelique kerber has withdewjust before her second round match on tuesday against croatia's petra martic. the wimbledon champion twisted her right ankle during practice and is looking at the bigger picture. it was this morning during my practice and i think it is not too serious that i am not able to give everything today and that is why i decided to

in the other half—draw, rafael nadal is into the quarters, and he will face stan wawrinka, who the spaniard frances tiafoe as he searches for a first tournament win this season. and defending champion alexander zverev is into the last eight. he defeated polish qualifier hubert hurkacz. but he had to do it in three sets, winning 3—6, 6—4, 6—4, and he will now play greece's stefanos tsitsipas. now to european tour golf, where england's matthew jordan battled wet and chilly conditions to shoot 63, for a two—shot lead on nine—under after the first round of the british masters in southport. tommy fleetwood, who is hosting the event, is five shots further back, on what turned out to be a chilly opening day in north—west england. but it was the 23—year—old jordan, in only his 12th event as a professional, who sunk nine birdies to sit on nine under par, with fellow englishman matt wallace and sweden's marcus kinhult both on seven under. just from the get go, it kind of just started perfectly, and from then on ijust kept going, really, and just tried to shoot as low as i could, because i thought the

it's after the five time champion in madrid beat stan wawrinka in straight sets meanwhile in the women'sdrid after beating belinda bencic. she'll play kiki bertens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. that's all the sport for now. it is an improving picture through this weekend with high—pressure building killing a lot of the showers and produce more sunshine. gradually the temperatures will rise but we're not expecting a heat wave. but it will feel better than it has done of late. rain clearing from southern parts of england and high—pressure begin to building from the west. a few early showers across the west. a few early showers across the south—east, fizzling out as temperatures rise through the afternoon, more showers developing and mainly across the eastern side of the uk. some showers could be heavy. i called north—westerly wind across the north of scotland. dry as well in southern scotland. plenty of showers with the best of the conditions of further ways. highs of around 15—16, maybe 17 degrees. through saturday night, it turns dry asa through sa