2019 finalist marketa vondrusova also enjoyed a straight sets win. the fifth seed beat spain s rebekah masarova 6 1, 6 3 to set up a second round meeting with the wonderfully named katie volynets. meanwhile in the men s singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he s been struggling with a hip injury of late, and came into the tournament with huge doubts over his fitness, but the world number two has eased past america s chris eubanks in straight sets. he ll play the home favourite richard gasquet next. right now we could be seeing rafa nadal at the french open for the very last time. he s won this title a record 1a times but has indicated it could be his last season, having spent the last couple of years battling injury. and he s facing fourth seed alexander zverev in the opening round, who won the italian open in the build up to roland garros. not long gone in this one. it is zverev who is
it is 7pm, good evening. i am nicky schiller. we are going to start of course with the general election campaign. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle , saying it contained not a single plan for the future . we ll have more about the prime minister shortly, but first here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you ve ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you re working class, you r