bringing tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbinding response. a final french open, maybe, a sign for sadness, no, not here. may be in two months, i say it s enough. i can t give anything else. that s something that i don t feel yet. i have some goals in front. i hope to be back on this court for the olympics. the feelings that you made me feel here are just unforgettable. thank you very much from the bottom of my heart merci beaucoup. possibly brushed what the finish of the bridge open for the final time. ben croucher, bbc news. elsewhere at the tournament, british number one cameron norrie has been knocked out in the first round beaten in a five set marathon by world number 56 pavel kotov. the 32nd seed was dominated by his russian opponent in the deciding set taking it 6 2, picking upjust his second victory in a grand slam. it s worth noting that it s the first time norrie has lost in the opening round of a major sinc
of his third child. hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time but hasn t confirmed that it ll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record breaking 1a times, as ben croucher reports. when roland garris s canvas, one of tennis s great artists returned returned for one last hurrah. but a modern nadal dell paints a different picture. the 14 time champion has lost little focus, his finesse or his fire. we even saw the famous ferocious forehand. bringing tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbinding response. a final french open, maybe, a sign for sadness, no, not here. may be in two months, i
the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s mark edwards. hi, ben, we start with tennis. rafael nadal is out of the french open, losing in the first round in what s likely to be the 37 year old s last match at the french open. the king of clay, with m titles at roland garros, going down fighting against alexander zverev after three hours under the roof on court philippe chatrier. but nadal eventually fell just short, losing in straight sets 6 3, 7 6, 6 3. zverev into the second round. he s reached the semi final three years in a row, but the journey is over for nadal. british number one cameron norrie is being put through his paces by russia s pavel kotov. there are 23 places between them in
is going to begin difference to. and in particular is going to begin difference to. and in particular keir starmer today targeting undecided voters, but in going for the middle ground to try and appeal to them, does he risk upsetting labour s base, those who may have backsjeremy corbyn in the last election? it s always tricky in british politics. westminster elections are first past the post and that means both main parties have to be pretty broad churches. the only way to win an election is to attract swing voters, so labour, their task is to win back voters who voted conservative in 2019. actually looking at the local elections, that s exactly what they are doing. they are building up seats. they are making the most gains in terms of number of votes, not seats, sorry, and areas in italy to where they are competitive with conservatives. now it is true that in local elections, they also lost votes in some areas, particularly in areas with a high percentage of muslim voters w
hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time but hasn t confirmed that it ll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record breaking 1a times, as ben croucher reports. when rolon garris s canvas, one of tennis s great artists returned. but a modern nadal dell paints a different picture. the m time champion has lost little focus, finesse or fire, has lost little focus, finesse orfire, and even so has lost little focus, finesse or fire, and even so the famous ferocious forehand. bring tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbinding response. a final french open may be, a sign for sadness, no. not