Best way, but for sure, the first match in every tournament, they are not easy. Youve got to accept it. I did well in the beginning and i tried to stay there mentally and trying to keep going. So im very happy to be in the next round, first time that i win here on this court after some attempts. So im really happy. There were a couple of upsets in the mens draw two big names going out. Number 11 seeed Stefanos Tsitsipas lost in four sets, beaten by Autralian World number 86 thanasi kokkinakis. While 2021 semi finalist and 19th seed felix auger aliassime lost in straight sets to the 18 year old czech, jakub mensik. To the womens draw then and world number one seed iga swiatek was made to work hard to beat Kamilla Rakhimova in her opener. The 2022 champion was not at her best with 41 unforced errors in her 6 4, 7 6 victory that tookjust under two hours on the arthur ashe court. There was an emotional win for two time champion naomi osaka. She beat tenth seed Jelena 0stapenko in straight
Really looking forward to tomorrow. Guehi to newcastle . Ugarte to Manchester United . What of merino, mctominay and ramsdale . Well bring you the latest premier League Transfer news. Well bring you up to speed with the brits in action on day two of the us open. Coming up, we are in the nets as england and sri lanka prepare for the second test match at lord s. And arnie stone comes back after much dedication, energy and surgery. Weve been catching up with dame sarah storey too and well start sportsday in paris because this time tomorrow, well be gearing up for the Opening Ceremony of the paralympic games. Blissfully its expected to be dry unlike the olympics one last month. Paralympics gb are sending a squad of 215 athletes, targeting between 100 and 140 medals. Well, those athletes has chosen their flagbearers to represent them in the place de la concorde. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has more. Welcome to the paralympics of gb headquarters here in paris, and it was here early this mo
He joined two other strikers as the leading goal scorers in the Champions League this season. Surprisingly, no further addition to the scoreline after the break as city cruised to an eighth win out of eight in the defence of their title this season. Remarkably scoring exactly three goals in each match. Manchester city have reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for seven seasons in a row now. They may make it look easy, but manager Pep Guardiola says its anything but. It looks like aggregate 6 2, ok, its not. It looks like aggregate 6 2, ok, its easy its not. So, at the end today, madrid suffered to go through with leipzig, and we have played them in the past, oh, it is easy. It is not, it is difficult, everything is difficult. Premier league difficult, fa cup, difficult, go to luton and win, difficult. But people take it for granted now, thats good, our standards are there but we know internally, me as a manager, the players, everything is difficult. 14 time european champi
But Manchester City restored the two goal lead. He joined two other strikers as the leading goal scorers in the Champions League this season. Surprisingly, no further addition to the scoreline after the break as city cruised to an eighth win out of eight in the defence of their title this season. Remarkably scoring exactly three goals in each match. Manchester city have reached the Quarter Finals of the Champions League for seven seasons in a row now. They may make it look easy but manager Pep Guardiola says its anything but. It looks like aggregate 6 to, 0k, it looks like aggregate 6 to, ok, its not. So, at the end today, madrid suffered to go through and we have played them in the past, oh, it is easy. It is not, it is difficult, everything is difficult. Premier league difficult, fa cup, difficult, go to luton and win, difficult. People take it for granted now, thats good, our standards are there but we know internally, me as a manager, the players, everything is difficult. 14 time e