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no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. now on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m isaac fanin. iga swiatek is the french open champion once again. the favourite desert crown wins the derby at epsom. it will be all to play as england go into day four against new zealand needing just 61 runs to win the match. half centuries from ben stokes and joe root have given england hope they can begin head coach brendon mccullum s reign with a victory. joe wilson is at lords. stuart broad urged england to believe, and then he made things happen. that was darrell mitchell dismissed for 108 and wickets seemed to be falling with every delivery. eventually, they were. broad on one of his charges. soon, new zealand were 285 all out, meaning if england could score 277 in their second innings, they win. if. here are three england batters. new zealand s bowlers were too good. ben stokes had made one when this happened. overstepped, no ball. captain back in. could stokes make the m
won all of them, so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know that when distefano is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who says it ll take something special to stop alcaraz and swiatek in both draws. i think he mightjust be my man to beat. the onyx centre would be the other one. and, despite the late finish we saw last night, we saw signs novak djokovic s game is improving. so those are the three obvious names. alcaraz had a problem with his right forearm co
performance on the clay courts of paris. the wimbledon champion eased past the 21st seed, felix auger aliassime, winning in straight sets injust over two hours. alcaraz will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals, after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets. he didn t beat me, yeah. so the matches that we ve played i won all of them. so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know when stefanos is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who s
so i m happy with the way i was disciplined, and ijust stuck to my tactics for the whole match. for a second successive year, ons jabeur is into the quarterfinals. she beat denmark s clara tauson in straight sets, 6 4, 6 4 and will now play the us open champion coco gauff, after she eased past italy s elisabetta cocciaretto, dropping just three games in a straight sets win. carlos alcaraz has moved a step closer to a possible first title at roland garros, after another impressive performance on the clay courts of paris. the wimbledon champion eased past the 21st seed, felix auger aliassime, winning in straight sets injust over two hours. alcaraz will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals, after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets. he didn t beat me, yeah. so the matches that we ve played i won all of them. so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know when stefanos is playing great, but i know tactically w