well, there is a list of problems facing this year s french open and it has just got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history, before returning on monday to deal not only with another marathon match but also a slippery court. djokovic then claimed that had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it has been described as a torn medial meniscus, right knee problem. we don t know the severity of this injury, but it is a huge concern to novak djokovic with wimbledon starting in just underfour weeks time and the olympics beginning in just under eight. he is desperate to win an olympic gold medal for the first time in his career, and both of those events must have big question marks attached to them. it was a problem that he had, and mi
injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history, before returning on monday to deal not only with another marathon match but also a slippery court. djokovic then claimed that had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it has been described as a torn medial meniscus, right knee problem. we don t know the severity of this injury, but it is a huge concern to novak djokovic with wimbledon starting in just underfour weeks time and the olympics beginning in just under eight. he is desperate to win an olympic gold medal for the first time in his career, and both of those events must have big question marks attached to them. it was a problem that he had, and mild problem, when he severed his right knee coming into the championship. in his mind it was clearly aggravated by the courts yesterday. he was slipping and
we always want to win games, and of course it would really help us to put us in a better position when we win the game. also coming up on sportsday. how climate change might impact rugby union for gloucester s him for more than a century and a quarter at most risk. hello again. a list of problems facing this year s french open hasjust got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history. before returning yesterday to deal not only with another marathon match, but also a slippery court, which djokovic then claimed had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. ifa if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do we if a player is feeling a certain way an
of problems facing this year s french open and it has just got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history, before returning on monday to deal not only with another marathon match but also a slippery court. djokovic then claimed that had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it has been described as a torn medial meniscus, right knee problem. we don t know the severity of this injury, but it is a huge concern to novak djokovic with wimbledon starting in just underfour weeks time and the olympics beginning in just under eight. he is desperate to win an olympic gold medal for the first time in his career, and both of those events must have big question marks attached to them. it is a problem that he had, and mild problem, when he sev
and the effect of heatwaves on players are among the issues highlighted by a report that found the consequences of climate change on rugby are significant . jamie farndale is a scotland sevens player who is studying sustainability with scottish rugby and spoke to hugh ferris earlier. obviously, gloucester is one of the stadiums that s been highlighted as affected. but this report is far more wide reaching than that. it looks at athletes and fans, the health and safety for that for myself as a rugby player but it looks also at the impact of being able to run these events in the first place in the whole business of support behind it. these events are cancelled and it becomes a real issue for the sport. what is the answer? if there is to be a place like fiji, for example, who can t move like perhaps a premiership rugby club could. what is the best advice that you can give? what this report does is look