where novak djokovic has begun his french open title defence with a solid straight sets victory over france s pierre hugues herbert. having not yet reached a final in 2024, there have been question marks around his form. but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6 4, 7 6, 6 4 win over his wild card opponent. the 24 time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fourth victory in paris. next up for him spain s world number 63, roberto carballes baena. two time french open finalist casper ruud moved into the second round with a routine 6 3, 6 4, 6 3 win over brazil s felipe meligeni alves. the norwegian is a two time beaten finalist in paris, so will be looking to make that final step. aryna sabalenka meanwhile dropped just three games against teenager erika andreeva to start her french open campaign in emphatic style. the second seed was never truly troubled in a 6 1, 6 2 win over her 19
question marks around his form. but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6 4, 7 6, 6 4 win over his wild card opponent. the 24 time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fourth victory in paris. next up for him spain s world number 63, roberto carballes baena. two time french open finalist casper ruud moved into the second round with a routine 6 3, 6 4, 6 3 win over brazil s felipe meligeni alves. the norwegian is a two time beaten finalist in paris, so will be looking to make that final step. aryna sabalenka meanwhile dropped just three games against teenager erika andreeva to start her french open campaign in emphatic style. the second seed was never truly troubled in a 6 1, 6 2 win over her 19 year old opponent, who is ranked 98 places below her. she will face japan s moyuka uchijima in round two. fourth seed elena rybakina started sluggishly against belgium s greet minnen. she w
we start in paris, where novak djokovic has begun his french open title defence with a rather solid straight sets victory over france s pierre becker. having not yet reached a final in 2024, there have been question marks around djokovic s form, but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6 4, 7 6, 6 4 win over his wild card opponents. the 24 time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fourth victory in paris. next up for him, spain s world number 63, roberto carbis. a two time french open finalist, kasper, who moved into the second round with a routine 636463 win over brazil s philippe amelie. jenni alves the norwegian is a two time beaten finalist in paris, so we ll be looking to make that final step. arena. sabalenka, meanwhile, dropped just three games against teenager erika andreeva to start her french open campaign in emphatic style. the second seed never truly troubled in a 61 62 w
market share, opening more stores, adding more distributors ends telling more problems for the it overtook apple as a second most popular smartphone maker during the first quarter of the year. but now apple has reason to celebrate. the companies iphone sales in china rose 52% in april compared to a year ago. that s according to data from a research company is affiliated with the chinese government. that entity, the china academy of information and communications technology doesn t track apple specifically instead it measures the increase in foreign shipments. but in the an branded game, apple is the lead player. and apple could see more games for that is been discounting select models which could lead to more sales. staying with technology nvidia s momentum continues, with its stockjumping 7 percent to hit another record high on tuesday. the chipmaker and leader in the artificial intelligence space is now valued at $2.8 trillion. it is currently wall street s third most v
england needed a big win over oman to stay in the t20 world cup and they certainly got it. in fact it was a record breaking day forjos buttler s team with the largest win in the competition s history in terms of balls remaining. adil rashid took four wickets as they bowled out oman for 47 the fourth lowest total in the t20 world cup. mark wood and joffa archer contributing with three wickets apiece. england set about their target with gusto and they made it injust 19 balls however, they do need another big win over namibia on saturday and even then it may not be enough to take them through, with scotland also in contention for second spot in the table. but they can celebrate for now. the netherlands may have lost their match against bangladesh but there was a stunning catch by sybrand engelbrecht the dutchman diving to grab it. shakib al hasan made an unbeaten 64 from 46 balls to guide bangladesh to 159, before rishad hossain took three wickets as the netherlands