and elia viviani wins stage four of the tour de france as his team matejulian alaphillipe retains the race leader's yellow jersey. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that the four women's semi—finalists are now in place at the wimbledon championships. serena williams is chasing a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title and she progresses. with news of that and the rest of tuesday's action here's holly hamilton. with half of this is quarter—finalist ‘s unseeded there was always a chance of upset and that came in the form of the woman who knocked outjohanna konta in straight sense. your konta started well but she was her own worst enemy. opponent qualified for a first—ever grand final —— semi—final ina grand first—ever grand final —— semi—final in a grand slam. next the woman who started the year as well number one, simona help after a commanding victory, her partner —— opponent started well breaking simona. still on course for her next title here, serena williams after a mammoth 3—set match against a fellow american, alison riske, finding her

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van aert edging out elia viviani in a thrilling sprint finish.ed wimbledon champion simona halep was treated to a hero's welcome as she landed back in bucharest after becoming the first romanian to win a championship at the all england club, beating 23 time major champion serena williams in straight sets. victory has seen halep add the wimbledon title to her 2018 french open victory. excitement is building ahead of golf‘s fourth and final men's major of the year — the open championship here in royal portrush in northern ireland. the picturesque links course last hosted it back in 1951. tiger woods has played just 10 tournament rounds since his emotional victory at augusta in april but insists a lack of competitive golf won't be a problem — he'll be speaking to the world's media in the next few hours but first here's defending champion francesco molinari. i am well aware of the challenges ahead. you know, there's a lot of guys capable this week of winning the trophy. and yeah, all i can do, obviously, is do my best, try to put up a good defence, a

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geraint thomas stayed out of trouble on stage four of the tour de france, as his former team—mate elia vivianilippe retained the leader's yellowjersey. thomas remains 45 seconds behind. the early stages of the champions league are under way. celtic beat sarajevo 3—1 in bosnia, in the first leg of their first qualifying round. mikeyjohnston scoring the pick of the goals in the first half. welsh side, the new saints, drew 2—2 in their match. rangers comfortably beat stjosephs of gibraltar 4—0 in the first leg of their europa league first qualifying round. summer signing sheyi ojo with the pick of the goals on his debut. now, nba players are considered some of the most skilled athletes in the world but how good are they with their feet? houston rockets starjames harden was seen enjoying a kickabout with arsenal's reiss nelson at the emirates during a visit to london. you can find that video on social media, i'm sorry we don't have it for you. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. the sport centre at 11:15. latest official figures for the uk the latest official fig

geraint thomas stayed out of trouble on stage 4 of the tour de france, as his former teammate elia viviani a lot this morning but i want to show you this. a picture i spoke about a while ago, the cover of harper's bazaar magazine. serena williams has given an interview with them, talking about high points and low points in her career. it's not an interview, it's a personal essay all in her own words and she's done this incredible photo shoot, amazing and a little cheeky at times. but the interesting thing is it is completely un—retouched, she wanted to look like she looks. she talked about sexism in the women's game, how she is spoken to, how she is dealt with by umpires in the women's game. interesting with jo konta in the press conference saying one of the journalists patronised her. interesting those stories came out together. we will be back with you later. we will continue to talk about serena williams later. with the likes of the long—established williams sisters, and now teenage sensation coco gauff leaving a big impression in her wimbledon debut, it's clear there's no shortage of b