on a european tour event. i woke iwoke up i woke up in the accident, paralysed completely from the neck down. i couldn t move anything. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. the australian open, the first tennis major of the year, is under way, with emma raducanu putting her injury scares in the build up to one side to set up a tantalising encounter in her second round with coco gauff. there were no troubles for cameron norrie either. but there s no nick kyrgios this year, with questions over the fitness of the returning novak djokovic. bbc commentator annabel croft joined me in the studio earlier. jack draper is only 21 and remember he was ranked about 262 at the start of last year and his ranking is now
variant. early results from lab studies suggest the vaccines could neutralize the ba.4 and ba.5 variants. they will heat tuesday and vote on whether booster vaccines should include an omicron component. and shanghai is declaring victory over covid-19 after the city reported zero locally transmitted cases on friday, first time thats that happened since february. they did report five imported cases. shanghai had been on partial lockdown as they battled a stubborn outbreak. while the city has loosened its lockdown restrictions, other measures remain in place including a ban on dine-in services. and we re a day away from the start of the third tennis major of the city on the grass courts of wimbledon.
prodigy. her comments against gun violence are just as strong as her performance on the court. christina mack fcfarland, cnn, . and in just a few hours nadal hoped to win his 14th french open title. he will take on casper ruud. and he is also seeking a record extending 22 grand slam titles. the next tennis major, wimbledon, could be without some big names. serena and venus williamss aren t on the singles entry list for the tournament. they can still play but now it would have to be through a wild card invitation. it has been quite a while since either of them have taken the court. serena hasn t played since wimbledon a year ago and venus last played in a tour event last august. and the original gerber baby has died. this iconic baby face first
prospect of being banned for future tournaments as well. what toes this mean for this tennis player kay rear? jonathan hunt has more from l.a. martha, in the short term, it s mean novak djokovic may be watching tennis from his couch this year. kicked out of australia before he could defend his title there. he faces the possibility of missing the tennis major in paris. the french government just announced that major sports events are off limits to the unvaccinated, whether they re spectators or players. the number 1 tennis player is in belgrade having been thrown out of australia because he s unvaccinated around because, according to australian officials, he had no valid medical exemption to enter the country. in a statement after losing his
stricter covid protocols. this requirement was announced only a couple of days ago. how are things going today? reporter: this is the first tennis major to allow full capacity since the pandemic began. it s had its snags and its pivots. when tickets first went on sale for this event, there were very few covid restrictions and requirements. we re in flushing meadows corona part. after pressure in local leaders the u.s. tennis association did require vaccinations but that announcement came just a few days before the tournament began. it took some people by surprise but a lot of people said it s