to wimbledon where, as we ve been saying, it was another stop/start day yesterday but not only because of the weather. play on court 18 was stopped not once, but twice asjust stop oil protestors disrupted the matches. britain s katie boulter was one of those affected as her match against daria saville was halted while the confetti was cleared up. the break actually worked in boutler s favour she went from trailing 4 2 in a first set tiebreak to winning it, before taking the second set 6 2 and booking her place in round two. boulter s victory was the only british success of the day, though. jodie burrage was beaten comfortably on her centre court debut winning just two games in a straight sets defeat to daria kasatkina. a straight sets defeat too for heather watson losing to barbora krejcikova of the czech republic in the opening round. disappointment for watson who had reached the 4th round last year. brits sonay kartal, george loffhagen
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for exchange before the american claimed the first set six games to two foot of the world number 100 swiftly ran out of steam and the six seed was in the quarterfinals for the resilient 14th seed were to be on court for almost four hours for the spaniard taking the first set on a tiebreak. but battling back to level, not squandering a three match points for the eventually prevailed, the longest match of the women serve so far this year. she will next base jabeur laid board. the second set was more straightforward and it s an easy and wanted 6 1 for the first time. in the men s draw norwegian fourth seed casper ruud is into the quarter finals after beating nicholas jarry in straight sets. ruud made the final last year befeore being thrashed by rafa nadal. today he ovecame some stiff rersistance from the chilean to win 7 6, 7 5, 7 5.
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arsenal behind them on 81 points, not able to catch them any more, newcastle are in third place and manchester united need that one point from their final two games to secure champions league football, liverpool in fifth place and tottenham down in eighth. and at the other end of the table, nottingham forest s win have means they have secrued their place in the premier league next season. everton s fight to avoid joining them in the championship will go down to the final day of the season. holger rune battled from a set and breakdown to seal a win over world number four casper ruud and a book a place in the rome masters final. rune lost the first set on a tiebreak. he then took a medical timeout for a minor shoulder problem but gathered himself after that as ruud lost his way. denmark s rune will play either stefanos tsitsipas or daniil medvedev in the final, and afterwards he reflected on his remarkable run which also included a quarterfinal win over novak djokovic. ukraine s anhelina