saracens extended their lead at the top of the women s premiership as they thrashed sale sharks 69 points to 3. they re six points clear of gloucester hartpury who moved up to second with a a2 2a win over loughborough. the late game is between bottom side leicester and harlequins. at half time, the harlequins lead 19 7. meanwhile the wolfhounds scored five tries away from home to knock edinburgh off the top of the celtic challenge table. aoife wafer scored twice, including the irish side s final try of the game as they secured a 27 17 bonus point win in the multi national rugby competition. the wolfhounds are in scotland again next weekend, as they take on the glasgow warriors. the opening finals of the new tennis season are set as the first of the australian open warm up tournaments reach their conclusion. it s just a week and a day before the first grand slam of the year and the top two seeds holger rune and grigor dimitrov will meet in the brisbane internationalfinal. dimitrov beat