she's on court right now taking on the czech republic's ba rbora strycova.set for both players. williams with a lot of unforced errors, but she came through when it mattered most. must be said that strycova, the world number number 16, saved seven set points, but the eighth one was the one that mattered for williams. the second set is far more straightforward. she is on serve with a

—strycova in straight sets to book a place in the last eight, winning 7—5, 6—a.in the men's draw rafael nadal is through to the quarterfinals, his first in a grand slam in almost two years. he beat gael monfils by three sets to one in a hard—fought match. nadal spent much of last year struggling with injury, he will now face milos raonic in the last eight, he is the highest seed left in the men's draw. world number two rory mcilroy has pulled out of the dubai desert classic as he recovers from a rib injury. the northern irishman also missed the abu dhabi championship last weekend.

she's on court right now taking on the czech republic's ba rbora strycova.ngly on her way to the quarter—finals. plenty of breaks of serve in the first set for both players. williams with a lot of unforced errors, but she came through when it mattered most. must be said that strycova, the world number number 16, saved seven set points, but the eighth one was the one that mattered for williams. the second set is far more straightforward. she is on serve with a lead of four games to two. chelsea are eight points clear at the top of the english premier league, after they beat hull 2—0 at stamford bridge. diego costa inevitably the man of the moment. he was dropped last week after an apparent run—in with coach antonio conte and with reports of a potential move to china, well, he was back in the starting line up and of course back in the goals. costa broke the deadlock when he converted a low cross from victor moses in the seventh minute of first—half injury time. the length of the added time due to sickening clash of heads, which saw ryan mason taken to hospital

through to the quarter—finals of the australian open tennis, with a straight—sets win over ba rbora strycovald number 16, but the american came through 7—5, 6—4. she will play britain'sjohanna konta next, who got past the ekaterina makarova 6—1, 6—4. the atlanta falcons will play the new england patriots in super bowl li next month. the falcons have reached american football's biggest game for only the second time in their history. they beat the green bay packers 411—21 in the nfc championship game. quarterback matt ryan threw four touchdowns and ran one in himself. the patriots are the afc champions, after they beat the pittsburgh steelers 36—17. this year's super bowl is in houston on 5 february. chelsea are eight points clear at the top of the english premier league table. they beat hull 2—0 at stamford bridge on sunday evening. diego costa and gary cahill scored the goals, but the game was marred by hull's ryan mason suffering a fractured skull. he was taken to hospital for surgery, and is said to be in a stable condition. the defending champions lost 3—0 at southampton. leicester's tota