now it s time for sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to another busy saturday sportsday. sunderland give fulham a scare in the fa cup. but this progress to the fifth round. it sabalenka s arena and her time to shine, she comes back to win the australian open and her first ever grand slam. herfirst ever grand slam. it s third time lucky for alfie hewett who wins the men s wheelchair singles title in melbourne for the first time. also coming up in the programme, knockout king anthony benna video is in anthony yarde s back yard tonight. is a benna video is in anthony yarde s back yard tonight. back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking something - back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking something and| between thinking something and knowing. i m going to be the unified heavyweight champion of the world. hello and welcome along to sportsday on another busy weekend of fa cup action. there was potenti
now it s time for sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to another busy saturday sportsday. sunderland give fulham a scare in the fa cup. but this progress to the fifth round. it sabalenka s arena and her time to shine, she comes back to win the australian open and her first ever grand slam. herfirst ever grand slam. it s third time lucky for alfie hewett who wins the men s wheelchair singles title in melbourne for the first time. also coming up in the programme, knockout king anthony benna video is in anthony yarde s back yard tonight. is a benna video is in anthony yarde s back yard tonight. back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking something - back yard tonight. is a difference between thinking something and| between thinking something and knowing. i m going to be the unified heavyweight champion of the world.
so a great day at the tennis, and to round it all up, earlier i spoke to former british player and radio 5live analyst annabel croft. and we started by talking about sabalenka s win, and whether she and rybakina could go on to boss the women s game in the future. i don t know if they are going to dominate it because you have iga swiatek who went out relatively early and won two grand slam titles last year but you certainly feel they are young, in their mid 20s, and maybe we might see them going after grand slam titles in finals again in the future. but it was a terrific final, almost two and a half hours, nip and tuck all the way, a lot of tension, a lot of nerves, a few twists and turns but eventually sabalenka got herself over the line. alfie hewett, a win for him, an emotional win, you could see how much it meant when he won the title, the first men s singles wheelchair title he has won. it was amazing because it s his seventh overall but his first at the
for the kazakh the tension crept in, everyone was feeling it except sabalenka who was on hand to capitalise on that change in momentum and they were going the distance. the biggest shots. oh, gargantuan. ..on the biggest points, were coming from the racket now off the belarusian. three match points came and went but a fourth time lucky! game, set and match. a fitting famous final, a new name on that trophy, sealed with a kiss. ben croucher, bbc news. so quite a win for sabalenka and afterwards she almost seemed lost for words. i don t know, it s hard to explain what i m feeling right now, but. just. i m super happy, super happy, proud and, i don t know how to explain. it s the best, it s the best day of my life right now! i had some chances for sure to turn