they are conserving energy for the latter part of the tournament. angelique kerber, interesting to see how she was going to play with the form she was experiencing this year. she came through in straight sets. with a rundown of all of the action, here is often howard. if they won was all about andy, then fed up was the focus on day two —— austin. back in action at the age of 35, one of the favourites brought the title. he lived up to his reputation, the first break against his ukrainian opponent. he has lostjust twice in 2017, that record was never under threat, taking the first set 6—4. however, his opponent retired, handing him his 84th win at wimbledon. i know a lot of fans outside of britain, so i am sorry that they did not see more tennis today. at the same time, wimbledon remains an unbelievable place for us to play and for fans to come to. i am sure there are other great things happening today. i am very thankful. another man who didn't need long to make it through was novak djokovic. he dominated most of the first that, and after losing the open, he also had a retired opponent. novak djokovic has packed his bags for the second round. you can see that he just wasn't moving. once the ball was a couple of feet away from him, he would just let it go. it is just u nfortu nate. he would just let it go. it is just unfortunate. i am sure he didn't wa nt to unfortunate. i am sure he didn't want to finish this way, it is wimbledon. obviously it is a very particular tournament for all of us. i wish him all the best, all the recovery. on my side, i will try to rest and recover and prepare for the next one. i had a lot of matches, i have had enough matchplay. with no serena williams to defend her title, it was down to last you's finalist, angelique kerber, to open proceedings. she struggled for form in 2017, but showed glimpses of her best game against qualifier. she avoided an upset here, into the second round. the best is still to come. when i walked onto the centre court, all the memories from last year came back. it was amazing, what i played last year, but i was trying to focus today on the new match. the first round is always tough, but i am happy to be back and playing on this amazing court. of a court number one was many people's favourite, the third seed. the czechoslovakian raced through her first set, taking it 6—1. she continued to dominate and took the match in straight sets. could this be the smile of a first—time champion in two weeks' time? delight for karolina, and fort djokovic and federer despite the ways they progressed. bernard tomic is another story, he has fallen down the rankings and out of luck with the game. he said in a press conference that he has fallen out of love with tennis, and is only playing for the money. i was not mentally or physically there. i don't know why. i felt a bit bored out there. to be completely honest, i tried, i managed to take a set 6—3, but... what about the prizemoney? would you ask roger federer to give back $500 million? youjust ask roger federer to give back $500 million? you just said you were bored out there. i could donate to charity, but if you ask roger federer, would he do it? so, would you donated to charity?” federer, would he do it? so, would you donated to charity? i would, if federer and the other guys did it as well —— donate it. federer and the other guys did it as well -- donate it. six australian started out in the men's draw, however none of them reached the second round. i am sure you were stunned by what bernard tomic had to say. to australia's two—times wimbeldon doubles champ renna stubbs says tomic is a disgrace. the 1987 wimbledon singles champion pat cash, was scathing of his aussie compatriot, claiming he's too rich, too early. he took time out, he said he was injured but then he said hejust took it for the time out. i wonder if he will get a big fine for that. i don't know where he sat. he needs to go and work at a factory and do some labour and see what it's like to really work out there, fight your way through. take his money away. see how he deals with it. he is too rich to early, it is as simple as that. —— too rich, too early. mark cavendish pulled out of the tour de france on tuesday, hours after a horror crash in the sprint finish to the fourth stage. cavendish had gone to hospital after world champion peter sagan elbowed him into the railings by the side of the road at the finish. his dimension data team later posted a picture of him on twitter with his arm in a sling, revealing that he was pulling out of the tour. cavendish dislocated the same shoulder when he crashed out of the tour on the opening stage in 2014. i bumped it, i don't know what. from the feelings, i am not optimistic. i bumped it, i don't know what. from the feelings, i am not optimisticlj the feelings, i am not optimistic.” wasjust the feelings, i am not optimistic.” was just following the mac around, andl was just following the mac around, and ijust was just following the mac around, and i just went was just following the mac around, and ijust went over. was just following the mac around, and i just went over. did it look as though sagan came to apologise or explain? he did. i get on with him well, but i don't get... if he came across, it's one thing, but the elbow, i'm not a fan of him putting his elbow in like that. race officials weren't fans of the elbow either and agreed that sagan‘s tactics were illegal, disqualifying the world champion from the rest of the tour. we decided that it was in regular spreads, and as such we can disqualify the rider. we consider the move made by sagan very severe. it cost a lot for the other riders. there is no sign of a solution to the cricket pay dispute, which has effectively made the australian cricket team unemployed. michael clarke has said that officials and players should resume their previous agreement until they can sort out their differences over revenue sharing. i expect that we will see a resolution in the not too distant future, and we will get back to focusing on the cricket. these things go on from time to time, i am sure you guys in the media love the conversation. i don't think it's quite as big a story on the inside. i expect a resolution, and a positive one, very soon. there are very good people on both sides of the table. they are working hard towards getting a satisfactory resolution. i suspect that will be it. some football transfer news, arsenal have broken their transfer record after signing the french striker alexandre lacazette. he was the top scorer in his division last year. that's it for sports today. —— sports today. i'm nick marshall—mccormack — see you soon. bye bye. hi, there. the rain came pretty much non—stop across northern england and southern scotland yesterday. the wettest place in cumbria getting over a0 millimetres of rain. you can see how the rain band has been tracking away into the north sea. the rain was all courtesy of this weather front, that will still be with us today in northern england, where it will stay cloudy. to the south, low pressure in the bay of biscay. the winds will increasingly fall light, but will begin to back up and bring warm air from the near continent. notjust warm air, it will become hot and humid in southern england, where temperatures could hit 30. across the north of scotland a decent start to the day. most of the day will be dry, with plenty of sunshine. it's across southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england it will be a cloudy start and to the east of the pennines, that cloud will be thick enough for occasional spots of patchy, light rain and drizzle. it could be misty over the hills. further southwards, that's where we have lighter winds and increasingly broken cloud. so we should have some sunshine from the word go for many areas across southern wales and southern counties of england, most of the midlands and east anglia. temperatures come up quickly. for the rest of the day, the winds feel light in southern counties of england, allowing temperatures to surge. the cloud across northern england is with us for much of the day, breaking in northern ireland. it will try to brighten up in north—east england. the rain petering out. probably not a lot of sunshine. with cloud, the temperatures staying into the teens, but look at these temperatures further south. 28 in london. there could be some areas in southern england that hit the 30 degree mark. as we go on through thursday, the only real change is this little low drifting up from the bay of biscay, and with that comes instability. we start to get thunderstorms breaking out across england and wales, and some of those could be torrential. they will be hit and miss in nature. many areas will dodge the downpours and stay dry. it will stay hot and humid and that hot and humid air will push further northwards. so 25 in the greater manchester area. again, we could see highs of 30 degrees further south. on friday, probably the weather becoming drier. again the warm air continues to move northwards. so temperatures in newcastle picking up to 21. into the teens for scotland and northern ireland. a rain band across the north—west, with the wind picking up as we head through the afternoon. the rain is tied in with the low pressure. by the weekend it will push rain further southward and eastwards across much of the country, introducing cooler and fresher air. so by the time we get the sunday, the heat wave is over and temperatures back down to average in london. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: a threat to american security — the us secretary of state confirms the weapon fired by north korea is an intercontinental ballistic missile. the bbc speaks to a man in afghanistan who claims british special forces unlawfully killed members of his family. here in the uk — there's growing pressure on the man heading the inquiry into the grenfell tower block fire to step down. and — at least 50 people have been killed as heavy rains continue to pound central and southern china.