he got past hubert hurkacz in four sets, the polish 14th seed had already knocked out roger federer and daniil medvedev. but for hurkacz, he couldn t keep his nerves under control, at least in the first two sets before he battled back to win the third. but berrettini s powerful serve and forehand got him over the line. before the men s final on sunday, we have the women s final on saturday the world number one ash barty and the eighth seed karolina pliskova playing in their first wimbledon final. for barty, she s the first australian woman to get to a wimbledon final since evonne goolagong in 1980. for pliskova, she had been written off by many not a name people were expecting to see in the final, but could she yet pull off a surprise win?
on the tournament for radio 5live. good to see. thanks for being on today. good to see. thanks for being on toda . . ~ good to see. thanks for being on toda . . ,, i. ., good to see. thanks for being on toda . . ,, ., . a phenomenal run so far, not dropped a set is she free from any pressures being away from home? the fans at flushing meadows seem to have really got behind her. potentially free from the professional flushing meadows? she started professional flushing meadows? sue: started the professional flushing meadows? 5ie: started the year professional flushing meadows? 5i9 started the year at 183 in the world and now she is williamson alive rankings and is one win away from her first rankings and is one win away from herfirst grand slam quarterfinal appearance and this is just her first grand slam appearance. this is her debut, she has played six matches and is yet to drop a set. she is fierce, she is ruthless and loving it. the new york atmosphere can be intimidating and she i
hm, that s interesting. conferences, is what i feel is the most difficult. andy murray is into the second round in cincinnati, he withdrew from the singles at the tokyo 0lympics. murray, who has won the tournament twice, completed a straight sets victory over richard gasquet. it s the first singles match he s played since his third round defeat at wimbledon six weeks ago and a good gauge of his form. when he retuned after his resurfacing operation at this event two years ago, he lost to the same opponent in the opening round. i thought i did well. i think i moved pretty well for my first singles match in a while, on the hard courts. certainly, a little bit more confidence in my movement than i did when i played him here a couple of years ago. it s the first match i ve played since i had, singles match, since i ve had the metal hip put in, so i was a bit apprehensive and he, you know, he uses all of the angles on the court really well and makes you move a lot. so you need to move well a
so you need to move well against him and i did that tonight. heather watson is also through to the second round of the women s event. she won in three sets against belarusian aliaksandra sasnovich and plays world number one ash barty next. england s top order batsmen find their places in the test team at risk after their collapse against india. the second test was lost when they were bowled out forjust 120. both openers failed to score, and coach chris silverwood accepts changes may have to be made. i d rather get somebody have so many chances and not enough and we have invested in people. but at the same time clearly i don t want to start wrapping things up. at some point you have to think manoeuvring things a little bit and find something that works. from my point of view i have to be open minded but i might have
britain s dan evans is out, though, beaten by diego schwartzman. i thought i did well. i think i moved pretty well for my first singles match in a while, on the hard courts. certainly, a little bit more confidence in my movement than i did when i played him here a couple of years ago. it was the first match i d played since i had, singles match, since i d had the metal hip put in, so i was a bit apprehensive. and he. you know, he uses all of the angles on the court really well and makes you move a lot. so you need to move well against him and i did that tonight. heather watson is also through to the second round of the women s event. she won in three sets against belarusian aliaksandra sasnovich and plays world number one ash barty next. naomi 0saka broke down in tears at her first press conference since pulling out of the french open for mental health reasons. the four time grand slam winner was threatened with expulsion from roland garros after declaring she wouldn t fulfil her media