cam norrie is through to the fourth round of the italian 0pen after a straight sets win over marton fucsovics. norrie cruised through the opening set 6 2 before winning the second on a tie break he will face defending champion novak djokovic next after his win over gregor dimitrov. no problems for the women s top seed iga swiatek. she produced a dominant display to beat ukraine s lesia tsurenko in straight sets. 6 2, 6 love to make the last 16. sale sharks are into their first premiership final for 17 years after beating the holders leicester tigers by 21 points to 13. saracens await in the final at twickenham. paul frostick reports: from rugby unions southern heartland to its northern soul, sale have waited a while for their final reckoning. and as the sharks meant
middlesbrough were denied by the crossbar early on with chuba akpom s effort narrowly saved by coventry s ben wilson. middlesbrough did however manage to put the ball in the net 4 minutes before half time, with isaiahjones converting, but from an offside position. the second leg is at the riverside stadium on wednesday when both sides will know whether it s luton or sunderland awaiting in the final. time now for a look at some of the day s other sport stories. in the netherlands, ajax s match at groningen was abandoned after home supporters invaded the pitch to protest against the clubs ownersnip. supporters made their way on to the pitch afterjust ten minutes, to protest the clubs relegation from it was an ipl debut to forget forjoe root. he was out forjust 10 as his rajasthan royals side were thrashed by royal challengers bangalore by 112 runs. rcb made 171 from their 20 overs, with the royals all out for 59 in reply. novak djokovic is through to the fourth round of the italian 0pen.
Richard Gasquet the 36-year-old sailed into the third round of the US Open with a win over Croatian M. Kecmanovic defeating him in four sets 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
MADRID A day after rushing from his victory to watch Real Madrid play Manchester City in the Champions League semifinals, Rafael Nadal needed the same fighting spirit as his favorite team showed to avoid his own elimination at the Madrid Open. The “Si se puede!" ("Yes we can!") chants that echoed…
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