the first set 6 4. she was broken early in the second set, broke back like that. now fernandez was struggling to hold her serve. did you see this shot coming? oh, my god! did we see any of this coming? 44 years of waiting, one hour 51 on court and one more serve. it is right to realise what this means for british tennis but also for world tennis. it was an outstanding match and an astounding champion. really, it s yours, it s all yours. we rest, recover and then we go again. that s what we do. i feel like i m still very hungry and i ve got a lot of aspects in my game that i feel i can improve. if sport exists to uplift and to amaze, emma raducanu is already at the pinnacle. joe wilson, bbc news. and it s the grand slam that keeps on giving diede de groot completed her golden slam the dutch wheelchair player has now won all four major titles and paralympic gold in one year. australian dylan alcott is aiming to do the same in the men s wheelchairs while novak djokovic takes
maybe slightly less wind damage and then we re still going to have epic amounts of rainfall. we ve already seen that in some areas of new york city. some areas reported six inches of rain overnight. to the latest on the storm, see where it s located just south now of about new bedford and newport, rhode island. the storm is starting to bend to the left. we are going to have this heading up towards the connecticut/rhode island border. doesn t look like we ll get that island landfall, but it does look like it should be happening near westerly, rhode island. winds are starting to pick up along the twin forks of long island. a wind gust on block island up to 50 miles per hour. slowly the winds are moving onshore and we ll begin to have power outages. right now we re doing okay. here is the new now we re getting hourly updates from the hurricane center. the storm is only 40 miles south-southeast of montauk and heading up to the east of montauk. winds at 70 and moving at 16 miles
quickly, about 16 miles per hour. that puts it about 30, maybe 40 miles from the rhode island coast. by 2:00 p.m. it s clearly on shore, and then it s just going to rain itself out. notice the winds are not an issue as we get through this evening. the highest gusts will be out on long island, possibly block island, newport. the legacy of this storm we ve already had tremendous amounts of rain around new york city and portions of new jersey. still a couple flash flood warnings. 36 million people are in flood watches. it is going to pour this afternoon, all night tonight, and periods of tomorrow. we are going to see additional rainfall totals up to about 5 to 6 inches. i m happy to see we ve gotten the storm a little bit weaker, now down to 65 miles per hour. bill karins, one question for you. did i hear you correctly that you say this is going to impact 36 million people? that s how many people are in the potential risk area for flash flooding. so not all of those people a
the argentine football star lionel messi is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after 20 years at the club. thousands take to the streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th anniversary of its first gay pride parade. but afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the tokyo olympics have ended, with a closing ceremony in the national stadium devoid of fans. the president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, said the games had brought the world together and delivered the most precious of gifts hope. the olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of paris where the games will be held in three years time. team gb have matched their medal total from london 2012 with 22 golds, and 65 medals in total. jason kenny won a gold medal in the men s kieren cycling event in the velodrome. that makes him britain s most successful male athlete with a total of seven olympic gold medals under his belt and a total of nine olympic medals in all. in the boxing ring
news day. sandra: we begin with the white house acknowledging what much of the country has witnessed for months now. america now in the midst of a crime crisis. joe biden announcing steps that they will take to combat the surge tomorrow. hello. i m sandra smith in new york city. this is america reports. welcome back, john. john: thank you. stiff from the roller coasters at hershey park. i m john roberts in washington. good to be back. biden forced to address the issue as shocking cream scenes are caught on camera in several democratic led cities. a warning, some of the video is disturbing. footage in chicago showing a suspect shooting a man excuse style after a minor traffic accident. we learned the man s wife that was also shot in this incidents has died. sandra: horrible. in detroit, a triple shooting leaving a 11 yard boy, his father and a third passenger in the hospital. they were just sitting in a car when a gunman opened fire on them. in new york city, brand new