kabul. tennis now and it was a rainy day four at wimbledon where rafael nadal is through to round three and britain s katie boulter, who had a wildcard, was a surprise winner. our sports correspondent, chetan pathak, was watching the action. the great champions have a habit ofjust finding a way to win. that s exactly what rafael nadal showed here on thursday on centre court. he hasn t played on grass for three years when you consider these championships were postponed in 2020 and he missed wimbledon entirely last year. but he s finding his feet underneath the grass. again, he may have dropped a set against ricardas berankis, but his hopes of winning a third wimbledon title continue in this extraordinary year, where he s already won the french open and, before that, the australian open. his biggest fan is the world number one, iga swiatek. she survived a big scare and also progressed to the third round. thursday s stand out result here for the british fans, at least involved h
it s a day of sunshine and showers broadly speaking. however, we will see another low bringing some more general rain into northern ireland as we go through the afternoon. here s the forecast for wimbledon the computer reckons it s dry. well, you might be lucky, i suppose. but i d go for a chance of a shower, to be honest. the shower s going to be quite widespread, they ll get going to the morning and come the afternoon, some of them will turn heavy and thundery. the greatest chance of seeing those heavier showers will be across eastern areas and down the eastern side of england. down to about norfolk, i suspect. temperatures similar to recent days, high teens across western areas, low 20s in the east. feeling warm in the sunshine with a bit more of a breeze around on friday compared with the last couple of days. the weekend sees further weather fronts diving eastwards across the uk and so on saturday, we start off with this weak weather front. a band of rain pushing eastwards across
events last year. who is a strong player but rafa looks to be a little passive right now. we are so used to rafa being on the front foot, serve, looking for beforehand, so it s a little nerve racking to watch rafa play this way. we know he had the procedure after winning his ilith, which is an incredible number, 14th at roland garros, to try and nom of the nerves in his foot, so wejust hope everything is ok there. he just didn t have the lead up he wanted to have coming into wimbledon but we figured he would play his way in. is still up to one so we hope you can finish off. ,, ., . ., , . ., finish off. serena williams coming u . finish off. serena williams coming u- next, finish off. serena williams coming up next. how finish off. serena williams coming up next, how upbeat finish off. serena williams coming up next, how upbeat it finish off. serena williams coming up next, how upbeat it should - finish off. serena williams coming up next, how upbeat it should bel up next, how up
moment and looks it started with iga swiatek eager to win her first wimbledon title. jana fett will be able to say she laid eager of swiatek onto centre court, and then the tenor started. it s different players from two different worlds. swiatek is now the dominant woman of her era. in the first set, you wouldn t need telling which was which, 6 0 swiatek. but the crowd on centre will often get behind a struggle, new set, new fett. she wrote the good well, breaking early and then backing it up. for swiatek, that was a wake up call, soon normal service was resumed. she cannot will rise to a level beyond her peers. in the end, it was all done in an hour and a quarter. for french open of enchanted remains the big favourites for wimbledon. enchanted remains the big favourites forwimbledon. next enchanted remains the big favourites
places. and the wind could be slow moving. for many temperatures in the high teens but further east we could get to 23 degrees. pollen levels moderate to high across england and wales, low to moderate across scotland and northern ireland. there may be an odd shower across the south east of england which could affect play at wimbledon at times but there will be a lot of sunshine and a top temperature of around 23 degrees. showers around western areas as we move towards friday and the start of the weekend and then high pressure settle things down with plenty of sunshine for many. and that s bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight.