wozniacki has lost six finals so far in 2017.rtly in a commanding position. chasing a series clean sweep, hardik pandya smashed an 86—ball maiden test 100 on sunday, including this six, as india made 487. pandya followed that up with the crucial wicket of angelo mathews. sri lanka ended the day on 19 for one, still trailing by 333, with three days remaining. defending champions england scored 10 tries against italy as they made it two wins out of two in pool b of the women's rugby world cup in dublin. england's next game on thursday will be a pool decider against the united states who beat spain 43—0. elsewhere new zealand and canada scored second wins in group a. hosts ireland were 24—14 winners overjapan in group c and france beat australia 48—0. looking forward to the latter stages that tournament. but that is all we had time for. from me, tulsen tollett, and from the team, goodbye for now. —— that is all we have time for. good morning. last week, the weather was pretty changeable, wasn't it? this week, it's more of the same,

and she'll play caroline wozniacki for a place in the semi finals after the dane was a straight sets. wozniacki has been a runner up in five tournaments this year, two of those against pliskova who she faces next. world number two simona halep expended little energy as she lost just one game in cruising to victory over ba rbora strycova. the romanian, who's defending champion, will now play france's caroline garcia for a place in the semi—finals. if you lose a local derby match 8—0 against a team in the league and then you have to play them in the cup just three days later then you may be sure to put in some extra effort, especially early on. well, in an estonian cup match in tallin, paide had some work to do to restore their reputation but they didn't get off to the most auspicious of starts, allowing levadia to take the lead after 15 seconds without touching the ball and it didn't get any better because just over a minute later they were two down following a free kick. who'd be a goalkeeper? you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me an

to qualify for the main draw, claimed the win in three sets and will now play sixth seed caroline wozniackieim cup gets under way on friday at des moines golf and country club in iowa. the usa are the defending champions in the bi—ennial event which has seen europe have to make a late change as norway's suzzane petterson norway withdrew through injury. scotland's catriona matthew, a three time winner at this event will now play, having been set to be one of the vice captains. i think we're lucky to have such a great alternate and, yeah, suzzane will be there to support us, she will be there to support us, she will be the vice captain, and it is so good to have someone out there, feel her presence, and catrina is such a super solid player, and i think exactly the right player to come in kind of last—minute and play for the team, so, yeah, come in kind of last—minute and play forthe team, so, yeah, it is come in kind of last—minute and play for the team, so, yeah, it is what it is, injuries happen, and i think, you know, suzzane — it was a brave move to admit she is not ioo%, and she put the

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he wozniacki and neck with angela merkel. momentum, and even though she was on vacation, she strong, especially as concerns over things like north korea make it look like the smart choice to have the incumbent ever -- incumbent in office. manus: even if she does when the election, the coalition is the -- is an important part of german politics. we know how they might stack up? matt: you are right to focus in on that at the most important issue. joint with merkel's cdu in this current regime enter first regime, in the middle she joined with the fdp. she has a tendency to occupy all of the middle ground. she takes credit for all of her victories personally or get that credit to her party and for all her failures and mistakes, she spreads that going across the coalition. the spd may be wary of joining up with her again in another grand coalition. just as well, the liberals are fairly wary, because after working with her in her second term, they came back with no seats in parliament. the question is, who is going to join with her

caroline wozniacki is out but another former world number one maria sharapova is through to the thirdfore. i want to have that feeling again. there is also the realistic understanding that, 0k, again. there is also the realistic understanding that, ok, i have been in this situation for a while, it will take some time. of course, managing expectations is part of it and learning during the match is something that i haven't done. it may be possible to do a pitchside saliva test for concussion in the next few years if a new study is successful. this could seriously change sport. scientists at the university of birmingham want to make a hand—held test which could provide instant results so they're taking saliva samples from players in the top two tiers of english rugby union this season. it's the biggest study of its kind and could revolutionise the way head injuries are treated. what we want is to have a portable pitch side test which can be used by doctors, if you want, in a professional game, or potentially the parent, if they work as well as we hope, to see whether their son or daughte

caroline wozniacki is out but another former world number one — maria sharapova — is through to the thirdo have that feeling again. there is also the realistic understanding of you have beenin realistic understanding of you have been in this situation for awhile, it is going to take a little time, so it is going to take a little time, so managing the expectations is part of it, and learning as you play the match is something that i haven't done. remember the bbc sport website an app has the latest on the transfers — we will have more here across the morning. thank you very much. good morning. this country has the gayest parliament in the world — with one in 14 mps out as lgbt. but what's it like for politicians when they come out? kezie dugdale — the former leader of scottish labour — has told us she felt forced to come out by a national magazine, and alan duncan, the first tory mp to come out, tells us he feels he was turned down for a job in government because of his sexuality. they've been speaking to hannah bardell — a lesbian snp mp — for a report on gay politicians. we bought you he

caroline wozniacki is out but another former world number one maria sharapova is through to the thirdve done it before. i want to have that feeling again. there is also the realistic understanding that, ok, i haven't been in this situation for a while, it will take some time. of course, managing expectations is part of it and learning during the match is something that i haven't done. that's all the sport for now. stick with the transfer news on the bbc sport website and i'll be back with more at 12:15pm. see you then. more on our top story, theresa may has again insisted she's not a quitter and says she intends to stay on as prime minister to tackle the long—term challenges facing the uk. some senior conservatives have questioned her ability to fight another election after losing her majority in june. lord another election after losing her majority injune. lord heseltine the former deputy prime minister told us he thought she would have to go. recognised that the judgment you've now got to make is whether you want to run the risk ofjeremy corbyn in number ten. he's already got out fr