Best way, but for sure, the first match in every tournament, they are not easy. Youve got to accept it. I did well in the beginning and i tried to stay there mentally and trying to keep going. So im very happy to be in the next round, first time that i win here on this court after some attempts. So im really happy. There were a couple of upsets in the mens draw two big names going out. Number 11 seeed Stefanos Tsitsipas lost in four sets, beaten by Autralian World number 86 thanasi kokkinakis. While 2021 semi finalist and 19th seed felix auger aliassime lost in straight sets to the 18 year old czech, jakub mensik. To the womens draw then and world number one seed iga swiatek was made to work hard to beat Kamilla Rakhimova in her opener. The 2022 champion was not at her best with 41 unforced errors in her 6 4, 7 6 victory that tookjust under two hours on the arthur ashe court. There was an emotional win for two time champion naomi osaka. She beat tenth seed Jelena 0stapenko in straight
Really looking forward to tomorrow. Guehi to newcastle . Ugarte to Manchester United . What of merino, mctominay and ramsdale . Well bring you the latest premier League Transfer news. Well bring you up to speed with the brits in action on day two of the us open. Coming up, we are in the nets as england and sri lanka prepare for the second test match at lord s. And arnie stone comes back after much dedication, energy and surgery. Weve been catching up with dame sarah storey too and well start sportsday in paris because this time tomorrow, well be gearing up for the Opening Ceremony of the paralympic games. Blissfully its expected to be dry unlike the olympics one last month. Paralympics gb are sending a squad of 215 athletes, targeting between 100 and 140 medals. Well, those athletes has chosen their flagbearers to represent them in the place de la concorde. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has more. Welcome to the paralympics of gb headquarters here in paris, and it was here early this mo
increasing in scotland we will find thickening cloud and some outbreaks of rain moving in as well. england and wales during saturday look like they should really be dry and some spells of sunshine as well. temperatures could be a little higher i think on saturday especially towards the south east, up especially towards the south east, up to 21 celsius or so. into the second half of the week we can keep an eye on this weather front that could bring some heavy showers into the channel but most of the wet weather coming in on those weather fronts in the north west of the uk once again. once again some patchy rain followed by some showers, start for western england and wales but the best of the sunshine, dry weather, across east anglia and the south east. temperatures will be a little higher, peaking at 20 to 23 celsius. sophie. how nice. thank you. that is all from the bbc news at six. it is goodbye from hello and welcome to sportsday awin a win tonight will keep them in the c