on her knee injury but will she be ok for the world cup? also coming up on sportsday. a huge scalp taken in the world snooker championship seven time winner ronnie o sullivan is out. we ll show you how belgian luca brecel beat him. plus, emma raducanu is out the madrid open and it could seriously impact her world ranking. welcome to the programme. it s been billed as the title decider and while tonights match between manchester city and arsenal won t crown them champions it will change the dynamic of the league. if city win they will be just two points behind arsenal with two games in hand. if arsenal win, then they will go eight points clear at the top of the table. patrick geary reports. commentator: another arsenal win. the champions have come here to the emirates and they have won. what a significant moment this could be for arsenal! a 10th win in a row for manchester city. a missed opportunity for arsenal. only time will tell howi pivotal tonight will be. in
Simple parts and mark came in and did what he had to do and got 13 and doesn t feel as if his game is 100% yet but she s threw to the semifinal and credits him. we are down to one table tomorrow but there is a long way to go because we have two more and semifinal birds to be filled. this evening it would be either the crucible new boy were fighting for the last place of the top half of the last place of the top half of the draw. the top clash of the titans at the bottom marks of the verse is john titans at the bottom marks of the verse isjohn higgins puts up those two with eight crucible titles between them. emma raducanu has withdrawn from the madrid open just hours before herfirst round match. the 2021 us open champion has an injury to her right hand. confirmation came after a frosty exchange between her and newspaper journalists yesterday. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is in madrid for us. thank you forjoining us russell. bring us up to date with what
And the support of those around her, is helping her recover. and bbc action line has information and support for anyone affected by that story. now, let s move on to the world snooker championship, ronnie o sullivan has made a good start in his second round match against mark allen he s leading six frames to two. but this is a tricky second round match for the six time champion as he bids to level stephen hendry s record seven crucible titles. three time champion mark williams is already into the quarter finals. he thrashed jackson page 13 frames to three which included six breaks above 100. those matches resume this evening. let s check in with the afternoon session which is live on bbc two. an action, really close second round match this one, selby was three frames to one and the score is not there at the moment, but i think he
Be able to play again. ronnie 0 sullivan made a good start in his second round match against mark allen leading 6 frames to 2 in the morning session. he s in action now as he bids to level stephen hendry s record of seven crucible titles. three time champion mark williams is already into the quarterfinals. he thrashed jackson page 13 frames to 3 which included six breaks above 100. so let s check in with the evening session which is live on bbc 2, ronnie 0 sullivan is on the table at the moment. i can t see the graphic, but i think he s still 6 2. it s the first of 13 frames. the first or the best of 25 will go through the third round. 0ne best of 25 will go through the third round. one more snicker story because there was an unusual break
30 points to 10 it finished. in the night s other match leeds beat toulouse. ronnie o sullivan is on the brink of reaching the quarter finals of snooker s world championship. he was 12 frames to 4 up against mark allen at the end of tonight s session, needing just one more frame to go through. they ll resume tomorrow morning. the 6 time world champion o sullivan is hoping to match stephen hendry s record of 7 crucible titles. well the three time world champion mark williams is already into the quarter finals. he thrashed jackson page 13 frames to 3 which included six breaks above 100. and earlier there was an unexpected visitor to the crucible during the defending champion mark selby s second round match.