this is bbc news. the headlines: the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ill health. world health officials call on beijing to share accurate covid data, as england becomes the latest country to control arrivals from china. queen guitarist brian may and members of england s women s football team are among over a thousand people celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023, with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. now on bbc news, adam wild looks back on the year in sport. even before 2022 began, this looked an extraordinary year. a sporting calendar still catching up, rebuilt and rescheduled after being ravaged by covid. but as the new year began, the australian open reopened the debate. he shouldn t be allowed to come. it s his choice not to be vaccinated, which is fine. and it s, ithink, the government here has made the choice t
not djokovic. british victory in the open single seemed imperative but kecmanovic was super strong and extremely consistent. said he felt the pressure but he thrived. britain s captain leon smith has been through all of this before. draper, at 21, not so much. ranked just below his opponent, draper took kecmanovic to two tie breaks but he lost them both. serbia celebrated as if they knew what was coming. well, here he is. novak djokovic tried to settle it. in the blue corner, cameron norrie. good luck. there were some british voices in the crowd trying to hurry djokovic up when he served. but when he won the first set, the gesture was aimed back at them. good natu red, probably. djokovic wrapped up the match in straight sets, job done for serbia. then he went to do an on court interview seemingly near some noisy british supporters. wasn t broadcast at the time, but was captured on a mobile phone. djokovic suggests they learn how to respect players and behave. britain out. dav
and british victory in the opening singles seemed imperative, but miomir kecmanovic was super strong and extremely consistent. he said he felt the pressure well, he thrived. britain s captain leon smith has been through all this before. draper, at 21, not so much. ranked just below his opponent, draper took kecmanovic to two tie breaks, but he lost them both. serbia celebrated as if they knew what was coming. well, here he is. novak djokovic tried to settle it. in the blue corner, cameron norrie. good luck. now, there were some british voices in the crowd trying to hurry djokovic up when he served, but when he won the first set, the gesture was aimed back at them good natu red, probably. djokovic wrapped up the match in straight sets, job done for serbia. then he went to do an on court interview, seemingly near some noisy british supporters. it wasn t broadcast at the time, it was captured on a mobile phone. djokovic suggests they learn how to respect players and behave.
against serbia jack draper was playing kecmanovic, not djokovic. british victory in the open single seemed imperative but kecmanovic was super strong and extremely consistent. said he felt the pressure but he thrived. britain s captain leon smith has been through all of this before. draper, at 21, not so much. ranked just below his opponent, draper took kecmanovic to two tie breaks but he lost them both. serbia celebrated as if they knew what was coming. well, here he is. novak djokovic tried to settle it. in the blue corner, cameron norrie. good luck. there were some british voices in the crowd trying to hurry djokovic up when he served. but when he won the first set, the gesture was aimed back at them. good natu red, probably. djokovic wrapped up the match in straight sets, job done for serbia. then he went to do an on court interview seemingly near some noisy british supporters. wasn t broadcast at the time, but was captured on a mobile phone. djokovic suggests they learn