compatriot ralph and adele s absence this year. with that one of the home favourites crash out today too. patric gary reports. it had been 23 years since the last french winner of the french open. the national burden now weighed on caroling. the fifth seed, at least she is use to it. since she was a teenager, garcia has been tipped for the top. now age 29, she is delivering. in women s tennis, there are no guarantees. watch the bottom of your screen and the endless energy of an eye blink above. the russian is the world number 56, above. the russian is the world number56, but above. the russian is the world number 56, but scrap the second set and pushed on. garcia with overwhelming support but ever decreasing control was left chasing the match. with provision backing, date match points, but on her ninth life. with a shack of a tournament so far, garcia the home hero, yet another seed to be ground into the clay. this is carlos s red cup.
when you take risks. sometimes it doesn t go your way and i thought i would breathe through victory and disappointed that i didn t and i couldn t get away from his left hand and i got nailed again and again on the eye. i need to go and review the stuff and come back stronger. two sri lankan batsmen have hit centuries on day one of the first test against ireland in galle. both captain dimuth karunaratne and then kusal mendis reached three figures. sri lanka are currently 305 1. this is the first of a two test series. andrey rublev will face holger rune for the monte carlo masters title after both came from behind to win their rain interrupted semi finals. neither have won an atp tour title yet this year. rublev, who s the fifth seed, reached the monte carlo final for the second time after beating american taylor fritz 6 3 in the decider. danish player rune is still 19 years old,
was overpowered by the fifth seed to andre rublev, 6 4 6 2 6 3. he was just too good, said evans afterwards, and rublev thanked evans for giving him a banana during a break in the match. the brit had a spare one, and the russian rublev said it gave him extra energy. really is best for an immediate return to the premier league thanks to a come back when michael gibbons was from. they sealed the turnaround with just three minutes was from. they sealed the turnaround withjust three minutes remaining withjust three minutes remaining with this gig. they kept on the pressure where they won over hull city themselves. harlequin is hosting the sharks of south africa today, the standard match today for many. this comes after 0spreys inflicted the first defeat in the competition against the tigers. an andre, and a conversion sealed there in may. in the european challenge cup, sebastian scored the third try
say from the outside, there are always opinions, always people who don t like you, people that will have a different view of how the situation is, and you can t really control that. dan evans andjack draper both went out of the paris masters within a few minutes of each other this morning. draper lost to the 15th seed frances tiafoe in round two, while evans had an even tougher proposition against stefanos tsitsipas, who s the fifth seed in paris. the british number two lost in straight sets in the final event of the atp tour s regular season. cameron norrie plays corentin moutet tonight. and finally, forever immortalised by one of the most famous fa cup goals in history, ronnie radford has passed away at the age of 79. radford s goal played on a boggy edgar street pitch in 1972, was the equaliser against first
out of the paris masters within a few minutes of each other this morning. draper lost to the 15th seed frances tiafoe in round two. evans had an even tougher proposition against stefanos tsitsipas who s the fifth seed in paris. the british number two lost in straight sets in the final event of the atp tour s regular season. cameron norrie plays corentin moutet tonight. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. sales of new petrol and diesel cars will come to an end in the uk by 2030. one country that looks likely to meet that same target five years earlier is norway. campaigners for electric vehicles there were encouraged by the 80s pop group, a ha, who were involved in protests and a campaign of civil disobedience more than 30 years ago, in a bid to get their government to take the issue seriously.