nine of the world's top 10 are at the tournament, with six spots at next month's wta finals up for grabsnt madison keys played with strapping on her knee which seemed to affect her game. she lost the first set to love and was 4—1 down to the wimbledon champion when she had to retire. third seed kerber could end the year as world number one if she finishes the season well and plays australia's ashleigh barty in the last 16. but there was an upset for the world number seven, karolina pliskova, who was beaten by china's wang qiang, in front of her home crowd in three sets. in the end it was a double fault from pliskova that handed qiang the win to take her through to a match against daria gavrilova. it's less than a month until the new nba season gets underway as the new look los angeles lakers with lebronjames leading the charge. the lakers who started training camp on tuesday will get their pre season campaign underway when they face the denver nuggets in san diego on sunday. their first regular season match sees them travel to the portland trailblazers on the 19th of october and james wh

wta thinks that has prompted further debate, with the international tennis federation siding with theatement has added fuel to the fire, novak djokovic, fresh from his own victory in the men's tournament last night, disagrees over questions of umpiring fairness between the genders. i don't see things as mr simon does, i really don't. i think men and women are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on what the situation is. is hard to generalise. but on the streets of new york today, it was the 23 times grandslam winner who attracted support. it feels like a lot times —— a lot times they think the worst of us, instead of thinking iama the worst of us, instead of thinking i am a woman, i am strong, you need to apologise to me publicly. i am a woman, i am strong, you need to apologise to me publiclylj i am a woman, i am strong, you need to apologise to me publicly. i think there is some sexism and racism involved. at the same time she has got to stay in control of her actions as well and she can only really blame herself for losing it like that. serena williams and her

"the wta believe there should be no difference in the standards provided and emotions expressed and it is women, committed to working to the sport to ensure that all players e eated the same." the statement has added fuel to the fire. novak djokovic, fresh from his own victory in the me's tournament last night, disagrees over questions of umpire fairness between the genders. novak: i don't see ings as mr. simon does, i really don't. ink men and women are, y know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation. it is hard to generalize things. richard: seren williams spent her early years being coached by her father, richard, overcoming racism and financial obstacles on her path to sporting greatness. the seventh u.s. open victory, a year on from nearly died giving birth to her daughter, could be a crowning moment. instead is will be debated and remembered for very different reasons. laura: earlier i was joined by megan greenwell, editor-in-chief ofports blog deadspin. we were arguing about this at 6:00 a.m. in my tennis clinic. do you believe the serena tim ofms was th

she was later fined 13,000 pounds by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executivehat the umpire showed williams a different level of tolerance than if she had been a man. but novak djokovic disagreed. ‘s opinion that maybe the chair umpire should not have pushed serena to the limit especially in a grand slam final. maybe he did change the course of the match and just was in my opinion unnecessary. i do not see things as mr simon does, i really do not. men and women i think are, you know, treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation. it is hard to generalise things. and moto2 rider romano fenati has apologised for grabbing a rival‘s brake lever during the san marino grand prix on sunday. he was given a two race ban and his contract with the marinelli snipers team has been terminated. you can go to our website to see more on that story including the incident itself. men in the uk are becoming less fertile, and no—one is exactly sure why this is. but for the first time male infertility is now the most common reason that couples seek ivf. the bbc‘s v

the wta, the atp and the grand slam runners need to get to get out —— get together and work out that that are run by. it cannot be a grey area any more and maybe there has to be a supervisor that comes on to have the final say, before you give a game away. i have never seen before you give a game away. i have never seen anything like it. tennis was the loser and we lost what was potentially a fantastic match. mo farah won a record fifth successive great north run and broke the course record in... (00v) newcastle today. the briton led from the front and only narrowly missed—out on a personal best by four seconds. the 4 time olympic champion, who's now solely a road runner — is aiming for his first major marathon title in chicago next month. iam happy i am happy with it today. obviously the important thing is seeing what i could do in the race and being in control of the race and that is why usami at the front and pushing the pace and is going for it. playing around with it and testing my body and who i am. i thought i could run and who i am. i thought i could run a decent time, a pers

the wta chief executive steve simon claimed that the umpire had shown that williams at different levelrofessionalism and integrity. and that is all of the sports are now. get all of latest at our website. hello. full uk forecast in just a moment but first of all i thought we would cast an eye on what is happening over the other side of the atlantic. here we have hurricane in florence, already a major hurricane with winds of 40 mph were. it will get stronger, with winds up to 190 mph, making its way to north carolina, when full expected on thursday night. just to the north, we step on a weather front that stretches thousands of miles across the atlantic to our shores. the hills are particularly seeing the heavy rain and overnight that would weather will trundle its way southwards, some heavy rain working across the pennines, a cross into the north and west of wales. to the east of high grounds at rain will be lighter and patchy, but given all of the cloud around, brisk wind, it will not be at —— a particularly cold night, two temperatures between ten and 15 or 16 degrees. tuesday, the w

the wta believes there should be no difference in the standards of tolerance provided to the emotionsyers are treated the same. that has prompted further debate, with the international tennis federation siding with the umpire, saying he acted with professionalism and integrity. but on the streets of new york today, it was the 23—times grand slam winner who was attracting support. it feels like a lot of times they think the worst of us, if that makes sense, rather than saying, i'm a woman, i'm strong, you made a mistake and you need to apologise to me publicly. i think there's sexism and some racism involved. at the same time, she's got to stay in control of her actions as well, and she can only really blame herself for losing it like that. this is you at the us open. serena williams remains a tennis legend after spending her early years overcoming racism and financial obstacles. a seventh us open victory would have served as a crowning moment. instead, the final will be remembered for very different reasons. richard conway, bbc news. alastair cook began his international career with a

both the wta issued statements in support of williams expressing desire for equal treatment for men and women. >> interesting and eye opening discussion. dana jacobson, thank you for being here. >> sure. >> still ahead here, entertainment's most elite group gets some new members. ♪ south l.a. is very medically underserved. when the old hospital closed people in the community lived with untreated health problems for years. so, with the county's help we built a new hospital from the ground up and having citi as an early investor worked as a signal to others to invest. with citi's help we built a wonderful maternity ward and we were able to purchase an mri machine. we've made it possible for the people who live here to lead healthier lives and that's invaluable. ♪ >>> traffic is moving again along the stretch of i 35 for the first time in almost a week. the section of northern california had been shutdown by a wild fair forcing vehicles to take a 100-mile detour. >>> the new miss america represents a new beginning for the pageant. nia franklin, miss new york, is the first to wear the crown

she was laterfined £13,000 by the united states tennis association but the wta have said that the umpire‘s talk about cricket. alistair cook looking to sign off in style? yes, he‘s batting for england for the last time today, before signing off on a 12 year international career. alastair cook received a standing ovation when he arrived at the crease for the second innings against india. he helped them reach 114—2, for a lead of 154. cook finished 46 not out at stumps — i‘m sure all the england fans will be willing him to make a century later today in his final innings. and how did ryan giggs react to the defeat in the nations league? understandably unhappy with that. they were beaten 2—0 by denmark in their second match of the new national league tournament. after thrashing the republic of ireland 4—1 in their opening match ryan giggs‘ side were brought back down to earth by tottenham midfielder christian eriksson. he put them ahead with that goal in the first half and then stepped up for the spotkick when wales conceded a penalty after the break. finally, an incredible incident in the m

she was later fined $17,000 by the united states tennis association but the wta chief executive has saidd was in my opinion may be unnecessary. i don‘t see things as the umpire does, i really don‘t. i think, you know, men and women are treated in this way or the other way, depending on the situation. it is hard to generalise things. wales we re is hard to generalise things. wales were beaten two nil by. denmark in their second match of the new nations league tournament. the danes have been in dispute with their association over image rights. they refuse to play in a friendly against slovakia. tottenham‘s christine eriksson scored both goals. it was a bit of a reality check for the welsh because they thrashed the republic of island for— won him the only match. delhi alley is out of the england only against whitsun tomorrow night. —— tap—in two. there will be no further additions to gareth southgate‘s england squad flag in leicester tomorrow evening. that is all this author now. alastair cook still going strong. up to 79 now so not that far off that century that craving. british embassy of

and i just want to bring in the fact that some events on the wta tour, they're allowed to have coachingan open officials, they want to know what's the deal >> the sport has to really get itself sorted out on what it does with coaching and just to be clear, are we going to have coaching, we're not going to have coaching, and what will it look like? you're talking to a coach here, i have a specific view on it the view would generally be there has to be a certain element that needs to be allowed in the sport i think that needs to be looked at the sport needs to get together and sort that out. then i think once that is sorted out you don't have that issue. >> lots of opinions on this one. lots of details to work out. the wideness of this debate is going to run long as well. one quick bit of breaking news rei kimi raikonnen is switching from ferrari to formula one >>> coming up later today, geoff cutmore will have more from the meetings in russia >>> it looks like president putin and president xi jinping will hold a joint press conference after a signing ceremony they are looking at hundreds

serena has never accused the coach to come on to the court when the wta allows coaches to come on to court and give advice. she's one player that never uses it. i don't understand why an umpire would expect that he was going to be overly coaching her from the stands. so the first warning that came was the problem to begin with. and that made serena feel like there was an injustice right away. because she's someone who really believes that she's not somebody who cheats. >> it was an attack of her integrity. >> that's when you is a uh tsaw bubbling over and the breaking of the racket. that bubbled up to the tension of the final warning, which again for me was stepping over on top of what she should have got. >> you talked about how you knew the second she walked over to that umpire, you were thinking, this is trouble. >> yeah, absolutely. because i knew that she had been disturbed by what she was being accused of. and then she -- then she was very clear, i don't cheat. i play to win. i would not cheat to lose. i would rather lose. someone who says that and someone who has 23 grand slam

the statement from the women's tennis association's chief executive has backed williams saying "the wtaolerance provided to the emotions expressed by men versus women. we do not believe that this was done last night." "mr. ramos' decisions were in accordance with relevant rules. " this is an editorial by former world number one billiejean king. she says "did ramos treat williams differently than male players have been treated? i think he did. women are treated differently in most arenas of life. this is especially true for women of colour. and commentator david law " fully accept that white male saying what is and isn t sexism is always going to be problematic. fully respect how serena feels if that s how she feels. less enamoured with the rush by others to then declare ramos specific actions as categorically sexist." and number of opinions being shared online. next this is the former british number one annabel croft. i think that her behaviour was unacceptable and i believe that carlos ramos would have given exactly the same penalties had been a on the other end of the court, so i do n

"the wta believes there should be no difference in the standards of tolerance provided to the emotions committed to working with the sport to ensure that all players are treated the same." the statement has added fuel to the fire. novak djokovic, fresh from his own victory in the men's tournament last night, disagrees over questions of umpiring fairness between the genders. i don't see things as mr simon does, i really don't. i think, you know, men and women are treated in this way or the other way depending on the situation. it's hard to generalise things. serena williams spent her early years being coached by herfather, richard, overcoming racism and financial obstacles on her path to sporting greatness. a seventh us open victory, a year on from nearly dying giving birth to her daughter, would have been a crowning moment. instead, this final will be debated and remembered for very different reasons. richard conway, bbc news. american former world number one billie jean king tweeted "when a woman is emotional, shes hysterical and she s penalized for it. when a man does the same, he s

she was later fined £13,000 by the united states tennis association, but the wta chief executive stevef she were a male player. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. the man in charge of policing on the day of the hillsborough disaster — david duckenfield — has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 liverpool supporters. the former chief superintendent appeared via videolink at preston crown court. our correspondent danny savage sent this update. next year will be the 30th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster. the police match commander on that day in 1989,is now 74 years old. david duckenfield did appear by video link here at preston crown court this morning. in court the judge and the barristers and the public gallery had relatives of the 95 people died in the hillsborough disaster all those years ago. stop at the beginning of proceedings it was put to mr duckenfield that he was charged with manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 supporters and that long list of 95 names was read out in court, one by one. ove

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the wta's ceo steve simon believes the official held williams to a different standard because she's arday" co-host dana jacobson shows us how many big names in tennis are lining up behind williams. dana, good morning. >> good morning. this controversy overshad dude a huge upset by naomi osaka a 20 seed who beat. williams was hoping to make history by clenching what would have been her 24th major tight. >> i don't cheat to win, i'd rather loose. i'm just letting you know. >> serene williams first rules violation coaching from the stands. her second infraction, breaking her racket which cost her a point. >> you stole a point from me. >> but williams' biggest penalty saturday was for calling chair umpire carlos ramos a thief. she was penalized a game giving her opponent, naomi osack a 5-3 lead in the second set. williams' appeal was rejected. >> there's a lot of men out here who have said a lot of things that doesn't -- >> she is he he vent wally lost in seven sets. after the match, williams coach admitted to helping her, but she denied seeing it. >> i was coaching, i don't think she loo

umpires feel abandoned by the usta, wta, came out in support of serena williams, we could be in thathair, faced that, hung out to dry for 48 hours. that's what they're saying. reports they're talking about unionizing. major league baseball has umpires mlb have a union? you know what is really interesting is what other stars are saying like martina martina navratilova. he had to make the calls. we can't measure ourselves what we think we should be get away with. anybody who engages in this behavior is unacceptable, men or women. so it is an interesting debate happening right now. serena williams faced a lot of racism and a lot of problems. she has stood up. she is a brave corageous woman. right now looking at those moments in that match. stuart: you're a great star. don't lose your cool. what intrigues me the umpires may boycott her games because they don't want to be in the chair and face that kind of anger. ashley: impose the rules. liz: the quotes there is a lot of unhappiness in tennis umpiring with what happened. stuart: i think that is the understatement in the tennis world. liz

the chief of the wta, the women's tennis association, said he believes there should be no differencence provided to the emotions expressed by men versus would anwomen and said we do noe this was done last night. it's a story everybody's talking bouts. maria: you were there. >> i was there this weekend. i saw the breakdown on court and people were wondering what was going on. i think in the end, the biggest victim in the women's final is naomi osaka, her moment was stolen, her first ever grand slam. maria: i agree with you. she had a moment. she won. >> the crowd booed her. that to me is absolutel absoluty unacceptable. jared: the same crowd that cheered for colin kaepernick was that shown on the screen. >> we paid a lot of money to watch ser vena over the years. -- serena over the years. a lot of it is her emotion, her drive, her desire. in the heat of the battle, we've watched it for years in tennis. maria: can you say it was sexism when the winner was also a woman? >> well, i think it's because of what she says, she called the umpire a thief. we know other cam i don't think so -- c