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
Brightness for the first half of the weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there weekend it wont last. Things will cloud overfor sunday, there will weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there will be heavy rain and brisk winds, but with those winds coming in from the south it will feel quite mild out there. A wedge of mild air working its way across the british isles, but as you can see some pretty heavy rain around on sunday with brisk winds as well. These are the average wind speeds. With the wind is coming up from the south it will be mild, 8 degrees for aberdeen, may be 13 in plymouth. Sophie, back to you. Thank you very much. Thats all from the bbc news at six so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Imjohn watson. Coming up can youth triumph over experience as the womens us open gets under way . Will there be an american first time winner of the mens European Tour . A
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for him to cap that season with winning a champions league has been a phenomenal year for him, absolutely delighted for him. to golf and yuka saso has won the us women s open for the second time. the 22 year old, who held both japanese and filipino citizenship, represented the philippines when she first won the title in 2021 but has had to choose one nationality, and now represents japan. saso won the title in pennsylvania by two shots from america s andrea lee, with a final round of 68, two under par. and it s been a day to remember, too, for scotland s robert mcintyre who s won his first pga tour title. macintyre finished on 16 under par overall a shot clear of his nearest rival, american benjamin griffin. macintyre s success was made even sweeter by having his father, bob, as his stand in caddie. that s it from us. you can get all the latest