fifth seed stefanos tsitsipas fought from two sets down against spain's jaume munar to take his placelown to paris straight from playing in the final of the hamburg european open on sunday, plays pablo cuevas of uruguay next. world number one novak djokovic came through his first round tie comfortably. he took the first set six love against mikael ymer. the next two also went his way 6—2, 6—3, but his swedish opponent did manage something very impressive — a ‘hotdog', winning a point playing the ball through his legs. and that's all the sport for now. hello. today but a fine day in the decent amount of sunshine. low—pressure swimming infrom amount of sunshine. low—pressure swimming in from the atlantic and it will turn things increasingly wet and windy. the wind to pick up tricks west of you take to small hours wednesday as the rain comes through western scotland, cumbria and then eventually in the northwest of england and wales are the southwest of england by the end of the night and the wind and the pulling and of milder airfrom the south overnight lows in the single figures. instea

and british number one dan evans was well beaten by second seed stefanos tsitsipas in the first roundipas showed his quality in a win he wrapped up in under an hour. evans will now head to paris for the french open, which starts on sunday. liam broady is one win from qualifying for the french open for the first time in his career after winning his match today. there is more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, but for me and the team for now, that is all your sport. good night. hello. another autumnal feeling day for many. we've had a bout of heavy rain and strong winds near the eastern side of the uk overnight tonight. that's clearing away. but hot on its heels, another deep area of low pressure is bringing a spell of persistent rain in, gale force winds for southern and western coasts, and those will usher in clusters of heavy showers, with hail and thunder in their midst. that rain could threaten some southern and eastern parts of northern ireland. it gets stuck for southern scotland and northern england, so just a cool nine celsius here. but even in the sunshine further

british number one dan evans was comprehensively beaten by second seed stefanos tsitsipas in the firstg european open. evans lost 6—3 6—1 as world number six tsitsipas showed his quality in a 59—minute win. evans will now head to paris for the french open which starts on sunday. dereck chisora will face unbeaten ukrainian oleksandr usyk on the 31st of october in their rescheduled heavyweight fight, which had been due to take place in may. a venue is yet to be confirmed and there will be no fans because of new restrictions. chisora has not fought since a fourth—round stoppage victory over compatriot david price last year. and former wales coach rob howley is returning to coaching for the first time since his ban from rugby union for a breach of betting rules. he's been named assistant coach of canada's men's national team. howley was sent home from wales's rugby world cup camp injapan when it emerged he'd been betting on matches. now, earlier this month, a defender for canada's women's football team publicly came out as transgender. quinn, who has now dispensed with their former first n

sportsday on bbc news, british number one dan evans was comprehensively beaten by second seed stefanos tsitsipaspen. they've called them pen portraits — the tributes that have been written and filmed by the family and friends of the 22 people who died in the manchester arena bombing in 2017. the last three were heard today at the inquiry. its chairman, sirjohn saunders, said the experience had been deeply affecting and emotionally draining. and he felt a huge responsibility to try and find answers for the bereaved, and the survivors. this report from our correspondent, judith moritz. # i close my eyes and count to ten. performing was what 0livia campbell hardy loved, whether she was talking to friends and family or dancing here with her grandfather steve. 0livia adored spending time with her grandparents, and they had just arranged to spend the school holidays together. we were away the night after. 0riginally, 0livia had other plans and decided to change her mind and come. sadly, i identified her body that week. 0livia's grandparents were the emblem of the charity they have set up emblem of the

stefanos tsitsipas is the favourite at the hamburg european open after getting through to the secondad no problems. he took the first set 6—3 and then surged ahead. from breaking serve in the second set at one—all the number two seed didn't drop another game, taking it 6—1. and with top seed daniil medvedev already out, tsitsipas is the highest ranked player left in the tournament. he faces qualifier pablo cuevas of uruguay next. and this from alexander bublik took felix auger—aliassime completely by surprise in their match. the kazakh‘s underarm serve winning one game on his way to a straight sets victory over the canadian. the first major european football match with fans since the covid—19 crisis takes place on thursday, when the champions league winners bayern munich take on the europa league winners sevilla in the super cup. the government in hungary — where the match will be played — insists it's safe, but opposition leaders there are accusing officials of using supporters like "experimental rabbits." the 67,000—capacity stadium can be a third full with strict hygiene measures

stefanos tsitsipas is the highest seed remaining and faces serbia's dusan lajovic on friday.the second looked like it was heading the same way until the uruguayan found himself defending three match points. tsitsipas got the job done, winning the second set 6—4. the onus is on the dallas stars to counterpunch against the tampa bay lightning attack when they meet in game 4 of the stanley cup final on friday. tampa bay leads 2—1 and thanks to wednesday's 5—2 victory in game 3 in edmonton — the lightning have a golden chance to be on the verge of what would be the franchise's second cup title. we will regroup and go onto the next one. it is one game at the end of the day. if we win the next game we play, it's tied. we will shake this one off, get over it and respond in the next one. let's be honest, we have won nothing yet. we've got two games and there still so much further ways to go, but what's going on right now is, and the mental make—up of this group is pretty impressive and hopefully we will keep it going. and jose mourinho took to social media to show why he made a compl

nominated for the uefa british number one dan evans was comprehensively beaten by second seed stefanos tsitsipasinute win. evans will now head to paris for the french open which starts on sunday. liam broady could join him in the main draw, but must win his match later on wednesday. dereck chisora will face unbeaten ukrainian oleksandr usyk on the 31st of october in their rescheduled heavyweight fight, which had been due to take place in may. the venue of the fight is yet to be confirmed and there will be no fans because of new restrictions. chisora has not fought since a fourth—round stoppage victory over compatriot david price in october last year. and usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion who stepped up to heavyweight last year. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. see you then. thanks so much, sarah. let's get more now on the latest restrictions aimed at averting a second wave of coronavirus infections in the uk and their impact. drjoel dunning is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon working at south tees hospitals nhs foundation trust. he spent two months worki

fourth seed stefanos tsitsipas has been knocked out after he crumbled in an extraordinary match againstvaltteri bottas in second practice. but monza's long straights tempt drivers into seeking an advantage by getting a virtual tow from the car in front, and hamilton says it's going to be hard work. finally, let's return to football and today, the women's super league is back after a long wait. last season ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic, with chelsea awarded the title. and we can look forward to seeing some stellar signings in action, including world cup winners and the most expensive female footballer joining the champions. rhia chohan reports. a macro they are off the mark! chelsea are too quick! —— two quickfire goals! after six months and 13 days the fa women's super league is back. and it looks to be one of the most exciting and competitive seasons yet. because the pandemic did not seem to affect tra nsfers. pandemic did not seem to affect transfers. if you thought chelsea meant business with sam kerr last year, fresh signing another hard and now makes for a terrify

british number one dan evans was comprehensively beaten by second seed stefanos tsitsipas in the firstim in the main draw, but must win his match later on wednesday. dereck chisora will face unbeaten ukrainian 0leksandr usyk on the 31st of october in their rescheduled heavyweight fight, which had been due to take place in may. the venue of the fight is yet to be confirmed and there will be no fans because of new restrictions. chisora has not fought since a fourth—round stoppage victory over compatriot david price in october last year. and usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion who stepped up to heavyweight last year. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now it is your questions answered. to answer all your questions, we'rejoined by jennifer rohn, who is a cell biologist at university college london and dr chris smith — he's a virologist at the university of cambridge. lots of questions, so if you don't mind, let's go straight to them. chris, first of all, this is from tracy gill, who says do the new regulations raised by the prime minister