His opponent from portugal. Organic noel was the last french man to win at Roland Garros in 1983. Jo Wilfried Tsonga has long carried the hopes of the brazilian crowd. Despite his best efforts he could not come from behind to beat renzo olivo. So, jo Wilfried Tsonga leaving paris in the first round and possibly french hopes for another year. Possibly french hopes for another yea r. Safe to possibly french hopes for another year. Safe to say that nine times champion rafa nadal looks back to his best on clay. He needed less than 30 minutes to take the first set against robin haase, and he went on to win in straight sets in under two hours, as his quest for a title continues. One set and a breakdown, the tournament could have been over for the defending champion garbine muguruza, but you can never county champion out. Relief for the fourth seed as she lives to fight another day. Meanwhile, the return of Petra Kvitova came to an end in the second round. The two time wimbledon champion was
Bolster their ranks but with the test five days away and the coaches for that new recruits have fitted in seamlessly. It hasnt been difficult, its been great. The lads are very interactive. It is fantastic because that is what it is all about. Not all are so positive, though. England battled their way to a series win on saturday that neither they nor irish players were called up. Gatlin thought they were too far away in argentina and japan so too far away in argentina and japan so they werent considered. England boss eddiejones said the call ups should have been made on merit rather than sheer of geography. Jetta what he is doing right now is devaluing it and will players on the tournament will say, you dont deserve to be here. The lions ethos has always been about the greater good. Every game has its importance. Every time you put on the lions shirt, you have to leave it in a better place than you founded. Gatlin was briefly part of the team 11 years ago. On the touchline tomorrow, no
I had ihada i had a feeling immediately in the Dressing Room that it was too noisy, too funny, too relaxed. And then i had that feeling in the warming up where some of the players were not really focused on getting the correct adrenaline in their bodies. If you dont take it seriously. We should be at home watching tv. It wasnt such a good day for fellow english Side Tottenham who were beaten in gent. It was a good night for the italian teams with fiorentina winning in germany against Borussia Moenchengladbach and edin dzeko picked up a second half hat trick for roma in a comprehensive win in spain against villareal. Dzeko is now the leading scorer in this seasons competition moving onto eight and of course for all the results, from the round of 32, head to our website at bbc. Com sport fifa president Gianni Infantino says he intends to encourage co hosting for the 2026 world cup. And allow for a greater audience to see matches at the venue. We have to think about sustainability and if
Of support for torres. Hes stable and conscious. Hell spend the night in hospital and undergo more tests tomorrow. On the pitch, it needed an Antoine Griezman goal in the 68th minute for Diego Simeones side to take a point back to the capital after Florin Andone had given the hosts the lead in the 13th minute. But it still leaves them 11 points adrift of leaders, barcelona. Elsewhere on an eventful thursday, sevilla have moved to within a point of second placed real madrid and two points off leaders, barca, after Vicente Iborra followed up on stevanjovetics missed penalty to ensure a 1 0 win with his seventh league goal of the season. Staying in spain, and it was back to work as normal for barcelona coach luis enrique on thursday. He took training, the day after he announced he would be leaving his role at the end of the season. The 46 year old gave the news of his imminent departure after his side beat Sporting Gijon 6 1 to go top of spains primera division. Sevilla Coachjorge Sampaol
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