joining us on sportsday. we re going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one, iga swiatek, and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tie break. osaka, though, dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6 1. the third set was an absolute nail biter. swiatek 4 1 down and seemingly out, somehow surviving break points, and even a match point to take the set 7 5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. but for osaka, who only returned to the sport four months ago after having daughter shai, a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it s not the worst. like, i ve felt worse for sure. i. i cried when i got off the court, but then. you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i was pr
than 40,000 south african miners employed by anglo american. in a statement, bhp ceo mike henry said. anglo had rejected bhp s previous offers, saying they undervalued the company and its prospects. speaking of deals, it s been a big week for consolidation in the energy sector. the latest development? conocophillips s acquisition of marathon oil in a $22.5 billion deal. erin delmore has all the details and more on this rising trend. think about the early days of the pandemic. people are stuck at home, not going out and not driving their cars. 0il at home, not going out and not driving their cars. oil prices crashed, but sent them, prices have come back then. back up. take conocophillips. the share price has nearly tripled and now it s acquiring marathon 0il worth $25 billion including debt. that will help conoco expand drilling in mexico, north dakota and texas and are to equatorial guinea. large and midsize oil companies have been competing to buy up the smaller rivals. a
As the latest bond film deadly virus at a time when hospital is postponed until next year admissions are increasing cineworld announces its temporarily and we are in the second wave. Shutting all its cinemas in the uk. Around half the cases while odeon say it will cut opening are in the north west of england. Hours to the weekends well have all the details. In a quarter of its cinemas. Also tonight. Bars in paris will be closed from tomorrow as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. Good afternoon, an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16 thousand people with coronavirus were not traced last week. Public Health England has blamed what it described as a technical issue but the investigation will look the but the investigation will look backlog which was di friday the backlog which was discovered on friday evening lead to huge rises in the number of new infections being reported over the weekend. The missed case
tefanos Tsitsipas is aiming to break his Grand Slam duck at the French Open but the former finalist hopes to avoid any five-setters early in the tournament after he overcame a blip in his second round match due to a loss in concentration. The Monte Carlo Masters champion was cruising…
Defending champion Iga Swiatek escaped from match point down against Naomi Osaka to reach the French Open third round on Wednesday, while Carlos Alcaraz overcame a scare of his own