hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset a possibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed against it as the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with belletini who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian
here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury; is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset impossibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with martello who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and th
so, as expected, spain and england into the last eight as the european championships. simple as that, right? doesn t quite tell the full story. we ll kick off sportsday in gelsenkirchen, where england were moments away from crashing out of the tournament. they needed extra time to beat slovakia 2 1. despite topping their group, gareth southgate s side have done little to capture the imagination, so it was little surprise slovakia kept it level. it took until the 95th minute for england to get a shot on target. not a bad one. jude bellingham getting the equaliser. it went to extra time. harry kane scored in the first minute of it to set up the quarter final with switzerland next saturday. in the celebrations of his goal, jude bellingham appeared to mouth the worlds who else? towards the crowd. he told us what was going through his head at the time. i think the adrenaline gets you, boys. it s a combination of a lot of things. playing for england is an enjoyable feeling but it
22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and the second swiftly went the way of the first before taking a little under an hour and a half. britain s andy murray said he is playing for fun these days but clay is his least favourite surface. and it 35 year old had a grim time of it, 6 3 versus the australian in the absence of bill murray. miserable murray on tuesday, world number one novak djokovic begins his monte carlo masters campain. the serbian was forced to miss indian wells and the miami masters due to his covid vaccination status, but he s looking forward to starting the clay court season and preparing for the upcoming french open. idid i did more training on clay, which is of course positive if you think about clay season. i haven t had
and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with belletini who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and the second swiftly went the way of the first before taking a little under an hour and a half. britain s andy murray said he is playing for fun these days but clay is his least favourite surface. and it showed, the 35 year old had a grim time of it, 6 3 versus the australian in the absence of bill murray. miserable murray on tuesday, world number one novak djokovic begins his monte carlo masters campain. the serbian was forced to miss indian wells and the miami masters due to his covid vaccination status, but he s looking forward to starting the clay court season and preparing for the upcoming french open. i did more training on clay, which is of course positive if you think about clay season.