i m really focused and i m feeling all the pressure, to be honest, and i m dealing with that. but on the day off, i am able to complete the switch off and forget about tennis and go out, have fun just to, you know, for my mental health to be strong and ready for the next round. so it s all about how you re able to manage the energy. fourth seed elena rybakina is through, matching her best result at roland garros. she beat fifteenth seed and wimbledon semi finalist elina svitolina in straight sets 6 4, 6 3 and will play italianjasmin paolini next, after she beat russian elina avenesyan in three sets. in football news france forward kylian mbappe says it is a dream come true as his long awaited move to real madrid was confirmed on monday evening. mbappe will move to the bernabeu stadium on a five year deal when his paris saint germain contract expires on the 30th ofjune. the world cup winner verbally agreed tojoin real in february and announced in may he would leave the fre
in the women s draw, the quarter finals are complete. aryna sabalenka continued her sparkling form at roland garros. and it was a comfortable win for second seed she eased past emma navarro in straight sets, 6 2, 6 3 and will play 17 year old mirra andreeva in the quarter finals. on match day, i m really focused. ifeel all the pressure, to be honest, and i m dealing with that, but on a day off, i am able to completely switch off and forget about tennis, but on a day off, i am able and go out, have fun, doing something for my mental health, to be stronger, ready for the next round, so it s all about how you are able to manage the energy. fourth seed elena rybakina is through, matching her best result at roland garros. she beat fifteenth seed and wimbledon semi finalist elina svitolina in straight sets 6 4, 6 3 and will play italianjasmin paolini next, after she beat russian elina avenesyan in three sets. in football news france forward kylian mbappe says it is a dream com
Over one month to go until deal Winter Olympics in south korea, i will be checking out some of our biggest medal prospects. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. She s
Yearin companies. Thats review 2017 a year in business. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. 111,000 properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales , after power lines were brought down overnight. Birmingham airport closed for a time to allow for slush and snow to be cleared from the runway. And collisions on the m1 and m25 caused by treacherous driving conditions left parts of both motorways closed. 0ur news correspondent joe inwood is here. Pretty chaotic overnight in parts of the country. Those hoping to travel and many people are today what do they face . Fairly widespread disruption, treacherous conditions. The most severe incident was the one on the m1, a jackknifed lorry by junction 19, which closed large sections of the motorway. We understand the lorry has been cleared. But delays will go on for a long time because of diesel on the road. Nearby, the a14, reports of multiple
Phil has the rest of the weather for the uk. A very good morning. A cold, bright day to many cup parts of the British Isles but in the nicks, snow has been falling and continues to fall in some areas. In the mix. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of homes are without power in england and wales, as overnight snowfall has brought down power lines. Western power says 14,000 properties are affected, from cornwall to sheffield. Meanwhile, parts of the mi, m5 and m42 motorways are also affected by snow. And some flights were diverted from Birmingham Airport after the runway was shut for a short time. Lets get more from our news correspondent andy moore. This really has happened in the last few hours but its causing a lot of chaos in certain areas. Overnight, an unusual combination of heavy rain turning to snow and that has caused quite a few problems. First of all, with the western Power Distribution company dealing with lots of different problems across the south west and midla