Apologies again for the technical problems which affected the start of the programme. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello youre watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury, the headlines tonight. Down and out defending champion andy murray crashes out of queens in the first round. No such misfortune Forjoanna Konta though, shes flying the flag for Great Britain in the last 16 in birmingham. And there was defeat for odds on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. We start with a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens beaten by world number 90 Jordan Thompson of australia. Thompson was only playing because murrays original opponent aljaz bedene pulled out injured this morning. Adam wild reports on a remarkable turn of events. The backbone the green grass of home, a reception for andy murray at queens, even if the opponent was not quite true he was expecting. The australian Jord
Apologies again for the technical problems which affected the start of the programme. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello youre watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury, the headlines tonight. Down and out defending champion andy murray crashes out of queens in the first round. No such misfortune Forjoanna Konta though, shes flying the flag for Great Britain in the last 16 in birmingham. And there was defeat for odds on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. We start with a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens beaten by world number 90 Jordan Thompson of australia. Thompson was only playing because murrays original opponent aljaz bedene pulled out injured this morning. Adam wild reports on a remarkable turn of events. The backbone the green grass of home, a reception for andy murray at queens, even if the opponent was not quite true he was expecting. The australian Jord
Fa ct double 20 years ago, despite the fact Wayde Van Niekerk is not through as one of the fastest qualifiers in a semi final which was won by Ramil Guliyev. The south african was leading down the home straight but had to settle for silver in the end as Ramil Guliyev beat him for the second time in as many days to claim turkeys first gold medal of the championships. And there was more of a shop in the 400 metres hurdles as the Czech Republic haynova was expecting to win, but it was kori carter to claim the first medal of her career. In the triple jump, Christian Taylor did not get the world record he wanted, although he did retain his world title with i7 he did retain his world title with 17 metres and 68 centimetres. Elsewhere, Caster Semenya through to the semi final in the 1500 metres, 1800 the semi final in the 1500 metres, 1800 metres, over her short distance which is herfavourite, and she hasnt lost an 800 metres race since the World Championship semifinals in beijing two years a