hopefully our bowlers can get on the spot tomorrow. carlos alcaraz had the perfect preparation for wimbledon, he won his first grass court title of his career at queens. and in beating australia s alex de minaur in straight sets, he went back to the top of the world rankings, and means he will now be the top men s seed at wimbledon. patrick gearey has more. one of the most popular paths to wimbledon runs through west kensington. queens is a good place to see the future. its grass courts a strange territory for carlos alcaraz, but he has been growing on these lawns, adjusting his games accordingly. in de minaur he had an opponent who could provide a test, he threatened alcaraz, but only for a moment. after several flowing phrases of
but they ve lost five quick wickets at trent bridge. back at the top of the world rankings, with a first grass court title for carlos alcaraz. leona maguire bids to become the first irish woman to win a major, we ll bring you the latest from the pga championship. welcome. let s start at trent bridge, where england s hopes of victory in the one off ashes test were dented by the loss of five late wickets on day four. after australia were bowled out for 257 after tea in their second innings, england were left needing 268 to take the win and made it to 55 without loss before the wickets began to fall.
stuttgart open final on sunday. tiafoe saved a championship point and struck 36 winners to claim his first grass court title. two time queen s club winner matteo berrettini has withdrawn on the eve of the tournament with an abdominal issue berrettini had onlyjust returned from the same injury that had kept him out since april at the stuttgart open, where he lost in the first round, just a second defeat in 22 matches on grass. berrettini missed last year s wimbledon after testing positive for covid, but made the final there in 2021. denmark s mattias skjelmose has won the tour de suisse, cycling s final warm up race before next month s tour de france. he finished third on the final stage time trial, but that was enough to secure the 22 year old the biggest victory of his career byjust nine seconds. tom pidcock was 18th on the stage and finished as the highest placed briton in 22nd overall. finally, 100 years after the olympics last graced the streets of paris, the city is getting ready
grass court title. two time queen s club winner matteo berrettini has withdrawn on the eve of the tournament with an abdominal issue berrettini had onlyjust returned from the same injury that had kept him out since april at the stuttgart open. where he lost in the first round. just a second defeat in 22 matches on grass. berrettini missed last year s wimbledon after testing positive for covid. .. but made the final there in 2021. denmark s mattias skjelmose has won the tour de suisse. cycling s final warm up race before next month s tour de france. he finished third on the final stage time trial. but that was enough to secure the 22 year old the biggest victory of his career byjust nine seconds. tom pidcock was eighteenth on the stage and finished as the highest placed briton in 22nd overall. finally, 100 years after the olympics last graced the streets of paris, the city is getting ready for the return of the world s largest sporting event next year. one sport that won t feature at pa
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