She lost six of nine tie break points when her match resumed against world number 42 katerina siniakova, but survived a third set to go through. 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova won her opening match playing on the grandstand court. The russian needed three sets to move through against a tough opponent in Marketa Vondrousova of the czech republic. In the mens draw, Austrias Dominic Thiem finished his match held over from tuesday. The sixth seed resumed 1 0 up in the third set on wednesday against australian wildcard alex de minaur and took less than half an hour to complete his 6 4, 6 1, 6 1win. The 23 year old has never made it past the fourth round at flushing meadows. Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov is also through to the second round with a 6 1, 6 4, 6 2 win over czech qualifier vatslav safranek. The 26 year old seventh seed, who won the cincinnati title earlier this month without dropping a set, advanced in an hour and 48 minutes. Nick kyrgios struggled with injury and his frustration
Tonight we are delving into the north south hello and welcome to sportsday. Coming up in the programme. Wayde van nierkerk retains his 400 metres world title, but theres a row brewing about the man who wasnt allowed to take part in the final. In the 800m, Kyle Langford lunges for the line but misses out on a medal by the narrowest of margins. And real madrid add to their trophy haul beating Manchester United to retain the european super cup. Well have news of the super cup shortly, but lets start with athletics day five of the world championships, and 0lly foster can round up the nights action on and off the track at the london stadium. Five gold medals. Isaac makwala thought he would go for one of the medals. He arrived at the stadium, hoping to get in. This was a day after he had been told he was suffering from norovirus. He should have been long lining up alongside wayde van niekerk, the world champion. But he was sent packing, told he had to be in isolation. To the race itself. Way
Interesting story here in L'Equipe. When I saw the headline, I thought."Hmm, didn't he retire last year?" I was curious if it was one of those cases wher.
France's 2017 800m champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse says he's not been able to get healthy after having surgery on his thigh last year. "I've tried to get back.
Olympic hopeful Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, former world champion in the 800m, has announced his retirement from athletics on Tuesday, seven months before the