His opponent from portugal. Organic noel was the last french man to win at Roland Garros in 1983. Jo Wilfried Tsonga has long carried the hopes of the brazilian crowd. Despite his best efforts he could not come from behind to beat renzo olivo. So, jo Wilfried Tsonga leaving paris in the first round and possibly french hopes for another year. Possibly french hopes for another yea r. Safe to possibly french hopes for another year. Safe to say that nine times champion rafa nadal looks back to his best on clay. He needed less than 30 minutes to take the first set against robin haase, and he went on to win in straight sets in under two hours, as his quest for a title continues. One set and a breakdown, the tournament could have been over for the defending champion garbine muguruza, but you can never county champion out. Relief for the fourth seed as she lives to fight another day. Meanwhile, the return of Petra Kvitova came to an end in the second round. The two time wimbledon champion was
Good morning. There are just six days to go until the General Election and we have bought the sofa to scotlands ancient capital, dunfermline. What does the politics mean for the money in our pockets and how does that affect how people vote in six days time . We have come to meet local voters and local businesses to find out what it means for them. Matt is also here with the weather. Good morning. Iam in the grounds of Dunfermline Abbey finding out what place it plays in the towns history. Brighter and fresher conditions on the way and that lasts into the weekend. I will tell you what that means for you in 15 minutes. We are in the historic surgery of dunfermline in the kingdom of fife. Let me set the scene will be here all morning with the sofa talking to voters and politicians about the issues that matter to them six days ahead of the General Election. You will see in the background, lars, a historian. Youll be teaching us about Robert The Bruce who is buried here. Also this was home
To still be here and were still fighting so while he is still fighting, we still fighting. Also, the latest in our collection blind date series, and this morning one labour and one conservative politicians sit down and took in. So for all our couples have got on but will politics get in the way . People are looking at me, talking about the community. I was in wilkinson is buying something about the other day and people said, i cant believe you are in wilkinson i said, i have to put things in my bin. I dont have people to put things in my bins hello, welcome to the programme. We until iiam. Hello, welcome to the programme. We untiliiam. We hello, welcome to the programme. We until iiam. We are live until iiam. So much coming up today on the show. We will be talking about the political song that you arent allowed to hear and why. The latest on the tickets for the one love concert in manchester to remember the victims of last weeks attack. And of course we have our latest in the series el
With three Chinese men featuring in the main draw for the first time at the French Open, hopes are high that China can continue to add to its milestones on clay after a season of many breakthroughs.
Former top 10 star Lucas Pouille qualifies for French Open Former top 10 star Lucas Pouille will make his return to Grand Slam main draw action after he