no question about it. playing for what he has announced his last season and hopefully he is going to be able to do that. djokovic is on course to meet top seed carlos alcaraz in the semi finals. he s seen as djokovic s main rival for the title in the absence of the injured 14 time champion rafa nadal. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. the semi final has been anticipated in the top half of the draw since that draw was made and they will both be delighted with the way they played today. djokovic a much more solid match, this is typical djokovic in a grand slam, he might have a few injury problems in the first week, he might be struggling for a bit of form, but as you move your way through the draw he becomes more and more threatening and it wasn t much of a contest, really, straight sets over varillas who had played three set matches to earn the right to play djokovic in the last 16. and then carlos alcaraz in terrific form again, looks i wouldn t is a unbeatabl
oil prices skyrocketed with the invasion of ukraine last year. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, paul scott here s what s coming up: novak djokovic edges closer to a record 23rd career grand slam title, as he eases in to the last eight of the french open. a remarkable match in the scottish premiership play off. ross the scottish premiership play off. county retain th status ross county retain their top flight status on penalties. and a blow for england ahead of the ashes as bowler jack leach is ruled out of the series through injury. welcome along. let s begin at the french open tennis, where novak djokovic has thrashed peruvianjuan pablo varillas to reach the last eight. carlos alcarez also won his fourth round contest, to keep us on course for a potential clash of the titans in the semi finals. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller is in paris. it s in the semifinal that has been anticipated in the top half of the draw sin
we start in india, where relatives of the victims of friday s deadly train crash have been continuing their desperate efforts to find their loved ones. some have travelled for 30 hours to the crash scene in odisha searching hospitals and morgues on the way. we know at least 275 people died in the accident involving three trains. these are some of the latest drone pictures from the scene where work has been continuing to remove the wreckage. an investigation is ongoing but a signalling fault is emerging as the likely cause of the disaster india s worst rail accident for decades. our correspondent, archana shukla sent this report from the scene. inconsolable and traumatised. hello, hello? himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. a student himself, 22 year old himanshu even sold his phone to come find his brother. he s just one of the many families in their desperate search to find those missin