today, so it was not easy. i think i made most of them. i mean, it doesn t matter even which side. it was tough, tough to play. so, yeah, i don t see anything i could really do better. and that s good. that s when you can bounce back faster in the next tournaments. well, no such problems for defending champion iga swiatek. after a slow start, the world number one gave herself an early birthday gift a day before turning 22 by cruising past spain s cristina bucsa, 6 4, 6 0. yeah, i feel pressure. i would be lying if i said i don t, but i m trying to kind of work with it and just play my game, no matter, you know, all the circumstances and the expectations from the outside. it s not easy, but basically i think it s like the most important thing in tennis right now to cope with that properly. and i already know how to do that. so, i have all hopes that i m going to continue doing that. to rugby union and it s been a turbulent 2a hours for english premiership side london irish r
where the men s world number two daniil medvedev is out beaten by brazilian qualifier thiago syboth wild over five sets. medvedev was fresh from winning his first clay court title in rome, but his opponent ranked 172nd in the world pounced on the russian s inconsistency to book a first grand slam second round spot. medvedev said he was glad the clay court season was over after the match. for sure i m really disappointed. i m going to be one week thinking about this match, but for the moment i don t see anything wrong. idid. i mean, double faults. i mean, the wind was crazy today, so it was not easy. i think i made most of them. i mean, it doesn t matter even which side. it was tough, tough to play. so, yeah, i don t see anything i could really do better. and that s good. that s when you can bounce back faster in the next tournaments. no such problems for defending champion iga swiatek. after a slow start, the world number one gave herself an early birthday gift a day be
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giddy up. the producers were right, that is quite some video. thank you for being with us thank you for being with me, you can sleep in tomorrow. yay. at 9:00 cnn news central starts right now. arrested for threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president. a man crashes a u-haul into gates right outside the white house. new details this morning, including video that seems to show a flag with a swastika and we just learned the man s identity. back in court, evan gershkovich has now been wrongfully detained in russia for nearly eight weeks. his case today is back in front of a judge. what s in question today and what it means for his freedom. this is cnn news central. a man is under arrest this morning for crashing a u-haul into barriers right in front of the white house and we are getting chilling new details about what he appeared to have with him. officials say at about 10:00 p.m. the truck drove into security barriers on the north side of lafay
at least 10 other people are injured. brian: the driver is in custody and facing several charges already. police say they are still investigating and have not yet released the identity of the driver. steve: i was reading in one of the local papers down in brownsville today, and what the police officers there in brownsville said there are three possible explanations for why that suv plowed into those people. the first one? intoxication. the second, an accident. or the third one intentional. ainsley: yeah, one police officer said doesn t appear to be accidental but a judge, judge eddy trivino jr. said it s unclear with the driver lost control or intentionally ran into the group. i guess they will know more after they interview them. awaiting toxicology reports to find out if there were drugs or any alcohol in their system. brian: hit a cu curb, lost control and people were miss his way. defense attorney would have representing the driver. this is going to be unbelievabl