showers today or snow melt, there could be icy stretches first thing. in towns and city centres we are looking at below freezing, even colder where we had lying snow. early fog could be slow to lift across northern ireland, elsewhere a brief ridge of high pressure will build. some crisp winter sunshine to look out for on friday. a few scattered showers and a brisk breeze across the east coast, but generally speaking temperatures between four and 6 degrees, milder out of the south west. there is a change on its way but it will be painfully slow for some. way but it will be painfully slow forsome. it way but it will be painfully slow for some. it will bring milder air into northern ireland and scotland so we could have a rapid snowmelt for the start of the weekend, but the cold air clings on across england and wales, particularly on saturday. another chilly start. outbreaks of patchy rain and poor visibility to the west, top temperatures generally around five to 7 degrees. it w
2019 finalist marketa vondrusova also enjoyed a straight sets win. the fifth seed beat spain s rebekah masarova 6 1, 6 3 to set up a second round meeting with the wonderfully named katie volynets. meanwhile in the men s singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he s been struggling with a hip injury of late, and came into the tournament with huge doubts over his fitness, but the world number two has eased past america s chris eubanks in straight sets. he ll play the home favourite richard gasquet next. right now we could be seeing rafa nadal at the french open for the very last time. he s won this title a record 1a times but has indicated it could be his last season, having spent the last couple of years battling injury. and he s facing fourth seed alexander zverev in the opening round, who won the italian open in the build up to roland garros. not long gone in this one. it is zverev who is
cancer this year and says peopple should do more to protect themselves from the sun. and how yellow became orange. coldplay thrill fans with a special song dedicated to luton town football club. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s ben croucher. day two of the french open is well under way and though a soggy parisian day has thwarted play on the outside courts for the best part of five hours, the matches under the roofs have seen the big names all safely progress most notably iga swiatek who is bidding for a fourth title in five years. she underlined her favourites tag with a crushing 6 1, 6 2 victory over home qualifier lolia jeanjean. swiatek wrapped up the win in just 61 minutes to set up a mouthwatering second round clash with unseeded four time grand slam champion naomi 0saka. meanwhile in the men s singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he s been stru
against another veteran in stanislas wawrinka in the opening round, a former winner in paris and fellow three time grand slam champion. at 39, wawrinka is two years older, but he took advantage of murray s lack of court time, winning in straight sets. they shared a nice moment at the net afterwards, having had a fair few battles across the years, and murray, who reached the french open final in 2016, as well as multiple semifinals and quarterfinals, was in reflective move afterwards. idid i did really well here over the years and i guess a lot of the results and stuff, i think the issue for me is when you compare it to watch rough on or novak djokovic achieved in the same time is obviously minuscule in comparison, that most players would sign up for the results i had here, played a final, four semis, the results i had here, played a final, foursemis, i made the results i had here, played a final, four semis, i made the quarters how many times, a couple of times as well, maybe