rank is the favourite for roger federer equalling eight wimbledon singles titles. jordan thompson of australia caused him some trouble at times, but nothing to worry novak djokovic too much. also safely through to the third round is iga swiatek, the number one and top seed hoping to win her first wimbledon title. she beat sorribes tormo in straight sets. the match of day was arguably on court two. it saw tsitsipas ultimately beat the former us open champion, thiem in a final set tie break. it s andy murray that awaits tsitsipas in that second round on thursday. there were also wins on wednesday for daniel medvedev, taylor fritz, frances tiafoe, holga rune, young ben shelton behind me. couple of surprising results, pliskova a finalist going out while the eighth seed was beaten in three sets by ukraine s athlete. england s women have kept their ashes hopes alive with a thrilling three run victory over australia in the must win second t20.
ice in the back of his head. his iq is off the ice in the back of his head. his iq is off the charts. it s crazy, because is off the charts. it s crazy, because he goes up against guys who are stronger, guys who are more athletic are stronger, guys who are more athletic and the guys were quicker, and he athletic and the guys were quicker, and he absolutely torches them. he hasiust and he absolutely torches them. he hasjust incredible patience that no one can hasjust incredible patience that no one can rush him. no one can speed him up one can rush him. no one can speed him up and one can rush him. no one can speed him up and if one can rush him. no one can speed him up. and if you try to double team him or bring extra guys on him. double team him or bring extra guys on him. he double team him or bring extra guys on him, he has the ability to see the court on him, he has the ability to see the court and know where everyone is and make the court and know where ever
including the buzzer beater game six in miami which forced everybody back to boston. but it turned out in the end celtics didn t have it in them to get it done. so the heat making history. first time in 24 years that an eighth seed has won a conference championship. so now it is on to the finals where they will face the denver nuggets. first time the nuggets are in the finals. seventh appearance for the heat. a lot of numbers, but also a lot of heart and excitement about this team. there has been so much talk about jimmy butler, not just with my teenage boys, but i do love his whole story. he ends up mvp for the eastern conference finals. for the finals. and he vowed that he would get them over the hump and he really did. not to change that narrative, but last night was a letdown because game six was so excite being and you had the chance for history, celtics perhaps coming back from the 0-3 deficit.
more than 6,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. at least 10 structures have a been destroyed by the fire. officials fear the lack of explain this week s forecast could leave the fire to rage on for the rest of the week no. injuries have been reported. and the heat are heading to the finals after a 103-84 blowout against the boston celtics in game 7. miami is the first eighth seed to reach the finals in 24 years. fourth quarter underway outside martin. on top. open triple. scores. he s on one. ashley: miami will take on the denver nuggets in the finals game one tips off thursday night in the mile high city. and those are your headlines, guys. steve: another great night. brian: that was incredible series. especially that game six was unbelievable. but last night, again, in boston, they miami does the impossible. it s going to be interesting final. hey, guys, coming up next, we are here at the beach diner. you guys happy to be up this
conference game but it might not be enough for him to stay. there s speculation about lebron s future after he delivered this message in the postgame pre conference postgame press conference. i have a lot to think about, to be honest, and just for me personally going forward with the game of basketball, i have a lot to think about. joining us now former miami heat coach and analyst for nba on tnt stan van gundy. stan, you have to be happy about the heat. well, the heat are happy about the heat. you know, to be ahead as an eighth seed 3-0 in the conference finals i think everyone is surprised. boston was the team left in the playoffs with the best record and they ve been dominated in this series. all right. we heard the comment from lebron after someone asked him. what did you make of it?