and novak djokovic wins his seventh wimbledon title after beating nick kyrgios in four sets. protestors in sri lanka have said they will continue to occupy the residences of the country s president and prime minister until they leave office. thousands of people stormed the official residences in colombo on saturday, following weeks of protests over economic mismanagement, which has lead to shortages of food, fuel and medicine. from the capital, colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. a day these anti government protesters have been waiting for.
to declare an abortion related public health emergency. he s under pressure from fellow democrats to do more to protect abortion rights following last month s supreme court ruling. at wimbledon, novak djokovic has beaten nick kyrgios in the men s singles finals. they battled it out for three hours on centre court. our sports correspondent chetan pathak was there. a seventh wimbledon title brings him level now with pete sampras, and it s 21 grand slams that takes him ahead of roger federer, who was on 20, and just one within rafael nadal s men s singles record of 22. djokovic s numbers here are staggering it s 39 consecutive wins now on centre court. not been beaten here since 2017, fourth consecutive wimbledon title. he s seen off nick kyrgios in four sets the australian took the first set and it made some think this could be a possible upset. but time and again
novak djokovic the biggest challenge in this challenge. the fact that he had to withdraw from a semifinal means that that big threat was gone, and i think novak djokovic always felt as though if he turned up and played this game as he has done in the past, he would win final. interestingly, he played before these championships both of them in straight sets, but that was in 2017 when novak djokovic wasn t at his best. i think what will be the please novak djokovic is that he has played himself into form across these championships and has won a grand slam title, that is significant because he may not play now at the french open next year at that us open to come. in the us australian open because of his covid status, which means the next slam he plays in ten months time in paris, he knows that he wants to move ahead of his record of 22 which is within one of that now by winning this wimbledon title. we one of that now by winning this wimbledon title. one of that now by winning this wimb
nervous, a little edgy and nick kyrgios playing with freedom, playing in his first grand slam final took the first set by six games to four. novak djokovic we saw him do it against him and nori in the semifinals, so good at resetting, getting his game back where he wants it. he s been in this position time and time again, and he really then was able to get the better of nick kyrgios across the next three sets. nick kyrgios yet again to me you mentioned there a while ago that chen tearing away was quite frustrated with his own box for not supporting them out he wanted his support. he called that a woman in the crowd who was frustrating and when he told the umpire about your committee impairs that i don t know who you are talking about, he said well, it s the one who looks like she s had 700 drinks. he was letting those things get to make with the time and again. novak djokovic kept his cool, kept calm, kept composed. a seventh wimbledon title that brings in level with pete, a 21st grand
so, a lovely scene there and since of court at wimbledon as novak djokovic enjoys his success after an intense fight, and he sjust djokovic enjoys his success after an intense fight, and he s just going to, we will get a few words now from nick kyrgios. to, we will get a few words now from nick kyrgios- nick kyrgios. they want to hear from ou, nick kyrgios. they want to hear from you. nick. thank nick kyrgios. they want to hear from you, nick, thank you for nick kyrgios. they want to hear from you, nick, thank you for bringing - you, nick, thank you for bringing your spectacular brand of tennis to this wimbledon final. he is tough to beat, isn t he? yes, he is a bit he is tough to beat, isn t he? yes, he is a bit of he is tough to beat, isn t he? yes, he isa bitefa he is tough to beat, isn t he? yes, he is a bit of a god. he is tough to beat, isn t he? yes, he is a bit of a god. i m he is tough to beat, isn t he? yes, he is a bit of a god. i m not- he is a bit ofa god. i