the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league victory. his england team mates say they can t wait to see him back. and success at last for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome to the programme. to the fallout at the french open first, where the concern over late finishes continues to be raised by the big names. the defending champion iga swiatek and world number three coco gauff today saying matches ending at 3am are unhealthy . it follows the five setter which saw novak djokovic, the men s champion, wrapping up his win to make the fourth round at 3.07am in the morning. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was covering it all the way to the end and told me how djokovic reacted. after the match yesterday, he gave a brief press conference to a fewjournalists at 3:30am and said that he feels the scheduling could be handled differently, but now is not the time to talk ab
hello there and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he d like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris. the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league success. his england team mates can t wait to see him back. and success, at last, for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. that s all to come, but we start with news that s reached us in the last half an hour or so that rugby league legend rob burrow has died. he was 41 years old. burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019, just two years after he ended his playing career with rugby league side leeds rhinos. he, his family and his great friend and former team mate kevin sinfield have raised millions of pounds for mnd charities. sally nugent reports. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of
brought onto the court to play and after match, and that meant djokovic cosmic patch did not start until. four and a half hours later, it was gone three a:m.. the decision was made with the best of intentions, but this is the trouble tennis has. does not seem bothered about what time play finishes. daniel medvedev had a match at the australian open this year which finished at 3:40am, when carlos al presl neck us open 2022, he had two matches that finished well after two a:m.. it does not document it is possible to recover from these late finishes, but it is even harder when you re 37 years of age as djokovic is. find even harder when you re 37 years of age as djokovic is. age as djokovic is. and we turn attention to age as djokovic is. and we turn attention to carlos age as djokovic is. and we turn attention to carlos alcaraz. - age as djokovic is. and we turn attention to carlos alcaraz. is l age as djokovic is. and we turn. attention to carlos alcaraz. is he the beat at this to
about what time play finishes. daniil medvedev had a match at the australian open this year which finished at 3:40am. when carlos alcaraz won the us open in 2022, he had two matches that finished well after 2am. so, it is possible to recover from these late finishes, but it s going to be even harder when you re 37 years of age, as djokovic now is. and we turn our attention to carlos alcaraz, who got the job done quite quickly today. is he the man to beat, then, at this year s tournament? i think he mightjust be my man to beat. jannik sinner would be the other obvious one, and despite the late finish last night, we saw signs that novak djokovic s game is improving quite dramatically. those are the three obvious names. alcaraz had a problem with his right forearm coming into the french open, and jannik sinner, who plays in the night session, had with his hip, but they both have made a good start and alcaraz won very easily against felix auger aliassime today.