including iga swiatek, world number one, trying to win her first wimbledon title. iga swiatek has been talking about how comfortable she is starting to feel on the grass but still, in her words, has a lot to learn. she is the current us open champion but she is desperate to get her hands on the venus rosewater dish here. novak djokovic will also take to centre court on wednesday, he hasn t been beaten on that court for a decade, he is trying to win a roger federer equalling eigth singles title and a 24th grand slam for him. he is up against the aussie jordan thompson and we re also to see daniil medvedev get his wimbledon under way on wednesday, he wasn t here last year the russian because of the ban on players from russia and belarus. he is going to be taking on a home favourite, the british wildcard making is wimbledon debut, arthur ferry.
a 24th grand slam frame. he set “p a 24th grand slam frame. he set up against the australian jordan thompson and we are also going to see daniel get his wimbledon under way on wednesday. he wasn t here last year, the russian, because of the ban on from russia and belarus. he is going to be taking on a home favourite, a british wild card making his wimbledon debut, the former us open champion says he hasn t always enjoyed playing on grass. will be will this be the time he can finally break through? as we still recover from what was a a chaotic second test at lord s we prepare to move on to headingley, host of so many famous ashes moments and a venue that is sure to give the australian team a hostile welcome on thursday. at lord s we had everything, a barrage of bouncers, a controversial dimissal and a true captain s innings from england s ben stokes. for the aussies, a draw at headingley would not only erase some of the painful losses the team have experienced at that particular gr
tyres, and that s where we, i think, made the difference today. and then a good little battle with cheiko at the end. we all kept it clean and that s most important. great win today. home favourite carlos alcaraz won the madrid open, becoming only the second man to defend his title, after rafa nadal. it took three sets, but the 20 year old triumphed, 6 4, 3 6, 6 3, over jay lennard struff of germany. it s his fourth trophy this season and comes just after he was victorious in the barcelona open last month. alacaraz wins the tournament as world number two, but will overtake novak djokovic in first place simply by competing at the italian open next week. he ll go into the french open later in may as a strong favourite. sometimes, i couldn t play my game, just waiting for my chances, and in the second set, i had a lot of chances to break his serve. i did not take it, so it was tough for me to lose the second set, but i told myself that i had to be positive all the time. it was going to hu
we come i think, made the difference today. and then a good little battle at the end. we all kept a clean and that s most important. great win today. home favourite carlos alcaraz won the madrid open, becoming only the second man to defend his title, after rafa nadal. it took three sets, but the 20 year old triumphed, 6 4, 3 6, 6 3, over jay lennard struff of germany. it s his fourth trophy this season and comes just after he was victorious in the barcelona open last month. alacaraz wins the tournament as world number two, but will overtake novak djokovic in first place simply by competing at the italian open next week. he ll go into the french open later in may as a strong favourite. sometimes, i couldn t play my game, just waiting for my chances, and in the second set, i had a lot of chances to break his serve. i did not take it, so it was tough for me to lose the second set, but i told
about his claims to be able to challenge verstappen for the title. fernando alonso continued his season for aston martin with a fourth podium finish in five races. george russell was fourth for mercedes. a good race. stayed out of trouble at the beginning. just had a clean race, pick the cars off one by one, and i could stay out really long on the hard tyres, and that s where we made a difference today. a good little battle with checo at the end. we kept it clean. great win today. home favourite carlos alcaraz won the madrid open, becoming only the second man to defend his title after rafa nadal. it took three sets but the 20 year old triumphed 6 4, 3 6, 6 3 overjan lennard struff of germany. it is his fourth trophy this season and comes just after he was victorious in the barcelona open last month.