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So lots for you tonight and we re starting at the us open tennis where britain s jack draper has scorched into the quarterfinals of a grand slam for the first time in his career. Draper hasn t dropped a set all tournament and he kept up that record in his victory over tomash ma hatch in new york. Adam cottier reports. After the retirement of andy murray, here comes jack draper on top of his game after a superb fourth round win in new york. The british number one looked sharp from the start against thomas. . In the blink of an eye, draper powered through the first two sets on the louis armstrong court, in a type of form that suggests he has the potential to go even further. The 22 year old left hander won his first career title in stuttgart injune, and with box office stars novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz already out of the us open, draper s ruthless edge could serve him well. He secured his place in the last eight in just one hour and 42 minutes. Draper has won four games without dro ....
Joining me now is james davidson, cfo of skatehut. i understand you have seen i understand you have seen a i understand you have seen a surge of sales this year? it’s surge of sales this year? it s been incredibly surge of sales this year? it s been incredibly popular, skateboarding since the start of lockdown has really taken a boom at. we were of course expecting the olympics to start in 2020 and they only got delayed partway through the year so i think there was a lot of participation in the industry that it was really going to take off and certainly even though the olympics didn t happen last year with lockdown occurring, children being at home and their parents looking to entertain them, then certainly as a sport, it really took off from march, april last year. took off from march, april last ear, took off from march, april last ear. .,, , year. skateboarding has been in the uk and year. skateboarding has been in the uk and obviously year. skateboarding has been in the uk ....
Should be able to celebrate. brian: real world when i win gold i m not going to the white house. when i win gold i am going to the white house. if it is president biden trump people say thank you for my medal i m not going to the white house it. has gotten so muddy in a way i agree with christine brennan. indicated indicat all right. i disagree we will leave it there. steve: the u.s. olympic team should go to the white house after they won their medals, you know the united states is going to do very well. why not? katie: if you are an olympian who has represented the country you have. steve: no doubt it s become political. a lot of people say i don t like donald trump so i m not going to go. what do you think? we are on facebook this friday morning. brian: i think this started with james hulk. a lot of people after the olympics didn t show up because the polk s belief of manifest destiny. katie: thank you for the ....
The question is about people getting to sochi from outside of russia. people who are going to be traveling from turkey, for instance and neighboring countries. whether those people can get there safely. that is the big concern. a lot of soft targets outside the sochi area. as if the olympics didn t have enough problems already, as if security weren t already tight, there s this now. nick paton walsh joins us now. are russians recalculating security plans? i think the russians would say they ve done all they can here. it s late at night here, we ve seen nothing to the reaction. the russians would say they ve done all they possibly could here, thrown the book at the venue behind me. there were three surveillance balloons in the air yesterday, three helicopters circling constantly. i think the reaction is to say we re doing all we can, these games are safe. picking up on something evan said, there are only two flights ....
Steel are going to be safe. the question is about people getting to sochi from outside of russia. people who are going to be traveling from turkey, for instance and neighboring countries. whether those people can get there safely. that is the big concern. a lot of soft targets outside the sochi area. as if the olympics didn t have enough problems already, as if security weren t already tight, there s this now. nick paton walsh joins us now. are russians recalculating security plans? i think the russians would say they ve done all they can here. they ve thrown the book at the venue behind me. there were three surveillance balloons in the air yesterday, three helicopters circling constantly. i think the reaction is to say we re doing all we can, these games are safe. picking up on something evan ....