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>> what tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg, or chris everett and martina navratilova. thats what we want to tune into over and over. >> oh, goodness me, midcourt and three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that lights up a television screen from here to bangor, maine. >> and that there is magic johnson, this urban kid from michigan, and larry bird, this guy who worked...

The first woman from north africa and the arab world to reach number two in the world rankings. can she win her first grand slam? well, shes into her second consecutive quarterfinal here at the all england club. and next up for her will be the czech marie bouzkova, the 23—year—old beating caroline garcia in straight sets. weve got an all—german quarterfinal to look forward to as well. tatjana maria, one of the stories of the day, knocking outjelena 0stapenko, the former french open champio...

A nine-inning game in mlb history. thats only happened eight times in the history of the game. starter valdez did most of the heavy lifting. he struck out a career-high 13 over six innings. despite the solid defensive performance, the game was tied at 2 in the bottom of the 9th inning rookie jeremy pena coming up very big, hitting a monster two-run shot with two outs with a walk-off win. actually his second of the game. the astros win 4-2 there. and at the all england club venus williams and mur...

Point in the first celt, the 19-year-old mcenroe double faulted three straight times. >> this event was like a huge deal for me. i was in college at the time, and to play arthur there, and actually save a couple match points was just so crazy. it meant a lot to me. arthur was tough. >> mcenroe got the $100,000 first prize. ashe got $65,000 for second. he got more, there gratitude of everyone who is over 30 and feels younger. >> i would be willing to stack myself up against any 28-year-old on the...

Faulted three straight times. >> this event was like a huge deal for me. i was in college at the time, and to play arthur there, and actually save a couple match points was just so crazy. it meant a lot to me. arthur was tough. >> mcenroe got the $100,000 first prize. ashe got $65,000 for second. he got more, there gratitude of everyone who is over 30 and feels younger. >> i would be willing to stack myself up against any 28-year-old on the tour, anyone. because i work harder than just about any...

World, you know that? >> mcenroe, the perfect villain. the new yorker that people loved to hate. borg, the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. >> what tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg, or chris everett and martina navratilova. thats what we want to tune into over and over. >> oh, goodness me, midcourt and three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that lights up...

Continued her comeback from a back injury with a third place in another high—quality field in the 1500m. now tennis, and a great performance from britains harriet dart. she saved three match points and then won a tie break to beat the third seed camila giorgi at the nottingham open and reach her first wta quarterfinal. dart is nearly 100 places lower in the rankings and is the only briton left in the womens draw. andy murrays continued with his strong start to the grass—court season by reach...

And martina navratilova. thats what we want to tune into over and over. >> oh, goodness me, midcourt and three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that lights up a television screen from here to bangor, maine. >> and that there is magic johnson, this urban kid from michigan, and larry bird, this guy who worked carrying trash. one plays for the los angeles lakers. the other plays for the boston celtics. its a great story. >> lakers had several chances. heres larry bird. >...

To hate. borg, the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. >> what tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg, or chris everett and martina navratilova. thats what we want to tune into over and over. >> oh, goodness me, midcourt and three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that lights up a television screen from here to bangor, maine. >> and that there is magic johnson, thi...

In his career. next up for him is the canadian denis shapovalov, who stunned the third seed alexander zverev. if he is able to keep improving, he will be a multi—grand slam winner. he has a lot of amazing things in his game and... and his results say that. when he is playing well, it is very difficult to stop him. in rugby, its all eyes on the european champions cup as teams look to move into the last 16 stage. sale have qualified, they beat 0spreys 49—10. sale suffered a narrow defeat to cl...