that they are trying to protect freedom of navigation and obviously trying to contain the possible economic impact that these attacks that have been carried out by the houthis could have if those attacks continue. now it s time for a look at today s sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. let s start with the australian open and the defending men s champion novak djokovic was given a scare, but ultimately came through, to make the second round. but it was the longest first round match at a grand slam for him against croatia s dino prizmic. djokovic won the first set 6 2 but 18 year old prizmic stuck back and took the second on a tie break. djokovic restored normality to get back on track and win the next two sets to seal his place in the second round. the defending women s champion aryna sabalenka has breezed into round two making
to fight throughout the match but managed to get back on track, and win the next two sets..securing his place in the second round of the tournament he has won 10 times. the defending women s champion aryna sabalenka had a much a more comfortable first round, making light work of german qualifier, ella seidel. the world number two took the first set 6 love against the teenager inside half an hour and breezed through the second set 6 1 to go through to the second round. now to the final of snooker s masters at alexandra palace, where ronnie 0 sullivan is in action against ali carter. they re into the final session. and they are all square at six frames apiece. carter won the first frame of the session to lead six three but 0 sullivan has responded like the champion he is, winning the next three on the spin in just 37 minutes to level things up. and that s all the sport for now.
now it s time for a look at today s sport with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. let s start with the australian open and the defending men s champion novak djokovic was given a scare, but ultimately came through, to make the second round. but it was his longest first round match at a grand slam, against croatia s dino prizmic. djokovic won the first set 6 2, but 18 year old prizmic struck back, and took the second on a tie break. the world number restored normality, to get back on track, sealing his place in the second round. the defending women s champion aryna sabalenka has breezed into round two making light work of german qualifier ella seidel. the number two seed won the first set in quick time against the teenager, inside half an hour, and then the second 6 1. aston villa missed the chance to go level with liverpool at the top of the premier league. they were held to a goal less draw by everton at goodison park.
the world number one was made to fight throughout the match but managed to get back on track, and win the next two sets securing his place in the second round of the tournament he has won 10 times. the defending women s champion aryna sabalenka has breezed into round two making light work of german qualifier ella seidel. the number two seed won the first set in quick time against the teenager, inside half an hour, winning that 6 love and then the second 6 1. aston villa missed the chance to go level on points with liverpool at the top of the premier league after being held to a goalless draw by everton at goodison park. while manchester united are in action against tottenham hotspur, united opened the scoring afterjust three minutes, rasmus hojlund with an unstoppable finish. richarlison with the equaliser, rasford with the second for united.
and iran havejust beaten palestine 4 1 in the same group as the uae and hong kong. to the australian open now, where the defending men s champion novak djokovic was given soemthing of a scare in his first round match by 18 year old dino prizmic. ultimately, though, afterjust over four hours, djokovic s longest opening match at a grand slam, he got through in four sets. djokovic won the first set 6 2, but prizmic, who was playing in his very first grand slam main draw match, took the second set on a tie break. the world number one was made to fight throughout the match but managed to get back on track, and win the next two sets, securing his place in the second round of the tournament he has won ten times. the defending women s champion aryna sabalenka had a much a more comfortable first round, making light work of german qualifier, ella seidel. the world number two took the first set 6 0 against the teenager inside half an hour, and breezed through the second