gets underway later, we now have a complete lineup. in the eastern conference, the miami heat clinched the eighth seed with a 102 to 91 win over the chicago bulls in their play in game, jimmy butler top scoring with 31 points, and they ll face the top seeded milwaukee bucks, that series begins on sunday. and the minnesota timberwolves clinched the final playoff place in the western conference with a comfortable 120 to 95 win over the oklahoma city thunder, setting up a first round series with the top seeded denver nuggets. and that s all the sport for now. let s look at the upcoming grand national, taking place injust under an hour s time, because police say a woman has been arrested at the aintree racecourse in liverpool. they said she was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance in connection with potential co ordinated disruption activities at the event.
and serena williams are among the players do on centre court and laura scott is there for you. hello. we have some big names in action today but i must bring you the news that the eighth seed in the matteo berrettini, last year s runner up, had to withdraw after testing positive for covid. having recently won the queens title, he was one of the favourites to win the trophy. he said he was heartbroken to have to pull out. but today, we have two greats of the game who we were not sure we would ever see playing here again, raphael adele and serena williams, both in action. rafael nadal. at first the most dominant player in tennis right now, iga swiatek, she is on really long winning state but has not played on grass, choosing to take a break since winning the french open. nadal will follow her, having not played at wimbledon since 2019 but has had an extraordinary year despite a foot
and laura players do on centre court and laura scott is there for you. hello. we have some big names in action today but i must bring you the news that the eighth seed in the matteo berrettini, last year s runner up, had to withdraw after testing positive for covid. having recently won the queens title, he was one of the favourites to win the trophy. he said he was heartbroken to have to pull out. but today, we have two greats of the game who we were not sure we would ever see playing here again, raphael adele and serena williams, both in action. rafael nadal. at first the most dominant player in tennis right now, iga swiatek, she is on really long winning state but has not played on grass, choosing to take a break since winning the french open. nadal will follow her, having not played at wimbledon since 2019 but has had an extraordinary year despite a foot
place on thursday. world number one iga swiatek is the favourite. the 2020 champion from poland beat americanjessica pegula in straight sets for a 33rd consecutive win and will face russian daria kasatkina at roland garros for a place in the final. i think it was my most solid match yes i am pretty happy with the performance and from age was really focused, jessica came back in those sets, so i m pretty happy. casper ruud has become the first norwegian man to reach a grand slam semi final after he beat danish teenager holger rune in four sets. the eighth seed will now play 33 year old marin cilic after the croat, the 2014 us open champion, took over four hours to see off russian andrey rublev. to cricket, and the opening test of the series between england and new zealand gets underway in the coming hours at lord s. england have a new captain in ben stokes and coach with brendon mccullum who ll go up against the nation of his birth, which he led to the 2015 world cup final
to the delight of the home crowd. what an upset that is. one that liverpool will be hoping to avoid tomorrow. we would not call it an upset considering how far they have progressed and they are up against one of the all time great teams in this competition in the shape of real madrid. you just wonder how it will all play out. we will get the fan perspective here later on but a fascinating interview there from sally withjuergen fascinating interview there from sally with juergen klopp fascinating interview there from sally withjuergen klopp because we talk about the passion, the energy, then enthusiasm, he is a natural leader but it is his willingness to speak on some of the wider issues away from football which certainly makes him such a fascinating character and it was very interesting hearing sally getting to grips with him and learning a little bit about his pre match routine. certainly what he settles down for breakfast on game day. idistill]! certainly what he settles down for bre