hello and welcome along to the programme. starting at the french open, when novakjob which in ominous form in the defence of his men s title at roland garros, re beating roberto could buy in three sets. novak djokovic. he went through the gears to take the first set 6 4 and 6 1. in the third set was wrapped up 6 2 to ensure the world number one stayed on course to record extending 20th grand slam. there is or was that kind of conviction and belief inside me i can win a slam. there is always. that is the reason i am still competing at this level and competing at this age, i wouldn t be really competing at the grand slams and continuing to play professional tennis if i didn t believe that i possess quality to go all the way to the title match. the title match. alexander s - ero the title match. alexander spero proved the title match. alexander spero proved why - the title match. alexander spero proved why he - the title match. alexander spero proved why he is . the titl
Taking the first set. 4 1; in the second. The 35 year old Roger Federer is in action against mischa zverev, who beat the world number one, andy murray, later. Bernie ecclestones face is one familiar to us all. But, after a four decade reign as the ruler of formula 1, the sport is now in the hands of new owners, the American Company liberty media, and chairman chase carey. Their 8 billion takeover of the sport is complete, ending ecclestones Long Association at the top of f1. Carey had already been installed as the sports chairman, but now takes over ecclestones role as Chief Executive as well. The 86 year Old Ecclestone has been handed the role of honorary chairman, and will be available as a source to the new board, but will no longer be involved in the day to day running of the sport, for the First Time Since the 19705. This is what ecclestone had to say following the takeover. The bbcs formula 1 reporter Andrew Benson gave us his reaction to the takeover, and the Part Ecclestone has
introduced since 1969 that was rod laver arena, the less to win all four grand slams in the same calendar year. four grand slams in the same calendar year. russell fuller our correspondent calendar year. russell fuller our correspondent there. calendar year. russell fuller our correspondent there. we ll - calendar year. russell fuller our| correspondent there. we ll finish with serena williams. she chases that record, 20th grand slam title. since she has returned for the birth of her daughter, she has come closest at the us open, losing in each the final. she will be a0 when the tournament comes next time if only one woman has won a grand slam behind the age of 35. that was serena williams. don t write her up just yet. ben croucher there. quick reminder of our top story, six medals for great britain on the first day of the paralympics in tokyo, including gold for sarah storey in the velodrome. and if and if you are a england cricket
for the first euro title since 1968. they did it in front of thousands of heart broken brits live in london including 7-year-old prince george who was ecstatic for englanded opening goal but in the end the little guy needed to be consoled. todd: it was a horrible shot. tennis star novak djokovic making history at wimbledon. he has done it. major title number 20. todd: man, he s so good. djokovic besting italian mateo betini for the 20th grand slam title of his career. he ties roger federer and rafael nadal. we re in the golden age of tennis, each of these guys, 20 grand slams. it is unreal.
to know this italian team who had done so poorly last time they had a chance. somehow italy believed in them again and everybody is crediting him with that. bringing the whole country together. thanks for that from rome. what an atmosphere. now england also saw dramatic play at center court. another match many were watching in italy closely, world number one novak djokovic topping his italian opponent to take the title for a sixth time. with that win against mateo berrettini, he grabbed his 20th grand slam tying roger federer and rafael nadal for the most won singles titles in men s tennis. for international viewers, patrick snow will have much more