the second seed plays magdalena freck later. the 43 year old american fought tenaciously, but lost 6 3 5 7 6 3 in the last 16 at the wimbledon warm up event. williams was handed a wimbledon wildcard earlier this week, so it isn t the last we ve seen of her. 0stapenko said it was very special to beat someone she called an idol for a lot of people. lee anne pace of south africa made a two putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5 under 66 and the first round lead in the women s pga championship, the second women s major of 2023. leona maguire of ireland, the winner last week in michigan, is in a group on two under. world number one, jin young ko, and lilia vu, the only two time winner on the lpga tour this year, shot 72. defending champion gee chun was two under at the front nine, but had five bogeys on the back nine and finished at 7a. two time major winner brooke henderson of canada and ruoning yin and xiyi lin of china are a shot back from pace.
than the traditional four. another cricket line to bring you, leg spinner rehan ahmed has been added to england s men s squad for the next ashes test on wednesday. the 18 year old took seven wickets on his test debut against pakistan in december, he replaces all rounder moeen ali, who struggled with a finger injury during the dramatic first test, which australia won by two wickets. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later, for the quarterfinals at queen s in london. he s up against grigor dimitrov. cameron norrie, the british number one, is on before him. also happening now is the birmingham classic, with second seed jelena 0stapenko, who beat venus williams on thursday taking on magdelena frech. and freck is a set up. winning that 6 4. at stake a place in the semi s of the wimbledon warm up.
england trail by 393. another cricket line to bring you. leg spinner rehan ahmed has been added to england s men s squad for the next ashes test on wednesday at lord s. the 18 year old took 7 wickets on his test debut against pakistan in december, he replaces all rounder moeen ali, who struggled with a finger injury during the dramatic first test, which australia won by two wickets. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later, for the quarterfinals at queen s in london. he s up against grigor dimitrov. cameron norrie, the british number one, is on before him. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech in three sets. 0stapenko beat venus williams on thursday and will play the winner of britain s harriet dart against anastasia potapova. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech
leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine. a scandal of abuse and neglect at three children s homes in doncaster. the regulator rated the homes as good even though there had been many warnings about ill treatment. and this years 0scar nominees have been announced. those up for best picture include: everything everywhere all at once, avatar, and elvis. hello and welcome. victoria azarenka has made it to her first australian open semi final since 2013. her opponent will be wimbledon champion elena rybakina who knocked out jelena 0stapenko. there were also quarter final wins for stefanos tsitsipas and karen khachanov. dan 0gunshakin reports. it was at the australian open ten years ago where she won her last
champion elena rybakina. the kazakh winning 6 4, 6 4. and less than half an hour later, coco gauff lost to jelena 0stapenko. the 18 year old american unable to reach the quarter finals. those are two surprise results from melbourne overnight, where we have seen favourites tumbling on both sides, the men s and women s, no british players left in the singles after andy murray s heroics yesterday came to an end, sadly. he has been incredible, i would say the story of the first week at the championships, and that is notjust because he is british but he couldn t quite get himself over the line. it couldn t quite get himself over the line. ., ., ~ ~ couldn t quite get himself over the line. ., ., 4 4 ., couldn t quite get himself over the line. ., ., ~ ~ ., , ., line. it looked like a slog, didn t it, for him line. it looked like a slog, didn t it, for him to line. it looked like a slog, didn t it, for him to keep line. it looked like a slog, didn t it, for him to keep going. - l