continue with the west east divide. a touch of mist and fog. showery rain in east anglia and south east england. still a breeze. three friday, that breeze will still continue. that will make it feel cooler on the exposed east coast with temperatures struggling at 15, 16. with the high pressure influencing the story in the west with the sunshine we may see temperatures peaking at 20. in the week and the high starts to push on across the country. do not get too excited. we will be chasing cloud amounts for time to time. the potential of showery rain in the far north west of scotland. on the whole, for most of us, drier and brighter and it will get that the warmer. and that s it from the bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. novak djokovic s quest for another grand slam title is on track. another win takes him a step closer to defending his french open title. les blues play the lionesses in front of a crowd, but it ll be an empty hampden for scotl
bringing tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbinding response. a final french open, maybe, a sign for sadness, no, not here. may be in two months, i say it s enough. i can t give anything else. that s something that i don t feel yet. i have some goals in front. i hope to be back on this court for the olympics. the feelings that you made me feel here are just unforgettable. thank you very much from the bottom of my heart merci beaucoup. possibly brushed what the finish of the bridge open for the final time. ben croucher, bbc news. elsewhere at the tournament, british number one cameron norrie has been knocked out in the first round beaten in a five set marathon by world number 56 pavel kotov. the 32nd seed was dominated by his russian opponent in the deciding set taking it 6 2, picking upjust his second victory in a grand slam. it s worth noting that it s the first time norrie has lost in the opening round of a major sinc
of his third child. hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time but hasn t confirmed that it ll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record breaking 1a times, as ben croucher reports. when roland garris s canvas, one of tennis s great artists returned returned for one last hurrah. but a modern nadal dell paints a different picture. the 14 time champion has lost little focus, his finesse or his fire. we even saw the famous ferocious forehand. bringing tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbinding response. a final french open, maybe, a sign for sadness, no, not here. may be in two months, i
of high pressure will be nosing its way in from the west. now, some big areas of cloud moving around the highs. so it s not going to be completely sunny, but it will be largely dry. and, actually, across northern areas, particularly parts of scotland, it is going to turn very warm indeed, with temperatures by sunday of 22 or 23 degrees. hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a full blown freak out at democratic party headquarters according to politico asjoe biden continues to struggle in the polls. welcome back. right now, president zelensky is on a whirlwind european tour, trying to secure crucial military aid for ukraine. and he needs it quickly. russian forces are making considerable progress towards the eastern ukrainian city of kharkiv. and with air defences running low, ukraine s second largest city is all but defenceless against the air attacks. those still there, soldiers and civilians alike, are sitting ducks. on the latest leg