sunshine and showers today, but generally fewer and lighter showers. for the next few days, it will be a drying trend, as this area of high pressure gets closer to the uk, but between that and the high in the north sea, we have a northerly breeze, which has pushed this cloud southwards. it brought a lot of thunderstorms across scotland yesterday, but it is focusing mainly showers today across parts of south east england. cloud coming in off the north sea brings a little rain towards parts of east yorkshire, lincolnshire and norfolk, bringing back the temperatures a little bit, so 14 15 here. elsewhere, probably 17 19 with some sunshine and some showers. 0ne elsewhere, probably 17 19 with some sunshine and some showers. one or two thunderstorms in the south of england, a drier day in scotland. though showers tend to fend fade later, then we have another batch of light rain to some parts of east england during the night. elsewhere, a few short lived mist and fog patches. a c
where novak djokovic has begun his french open title defence with a solid straight sets victory over france s pierre hugues herbert. having not yet reached a final in 2024, there have been question marks around his form. but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6 4, 7 6, 6 4 win over his wild card opponent. the 24 time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fourth victory in paris. next up for him spain s world number 63, roberto carballes baena. two time french open finalist casper ruud moved into the second round with a routine 6 3, 6 4, 6 3 win over brazil s felipe meligeni alves. the norwegian is a two time beaten finalist in paris, so will be looking to make that final step. aryna sabalenka meanwhile dropped just three games against teenager erika andreeva to start her french open campaign in emphatic style. the second seed was never truly troubled in a 6 1, 6 2 win over her 19
question marks around his form. but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6 4, 7 6, 6 4 win over his wild card opponent. the 24 time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fourth victory in paris. next up for him spain s world number 63, roberto carballes baena. two time french open finalist casper ruud moved into the second round with a routine 6 3, 6 4, 6 3 win over brazil s felipe meligeni alves. the norwegian is a two time beaten finalist in paris, so will be looking to make that final step. aryna sabalenka meanwhile dropped just three games against teenager erika andreeva to start her french open campaign in emphatic style. the second seed was never truly troubled in a 6 1, 6 2 win over her 19 year old opponent, who is ranked 98 places below her. she will face japan s moyuka uchijima in round two. fourth seed elena rybakina started sluggishly against belgium s greet minnen. she w