for england s women as they battle back in their test match against south africa. test tra nsfer test transfer sciver davidson richards has given them a lead. and we will hear from luther burrell lead. and we will hear from luther burrel . , . , ., , burrell and experiences of racism in ru . b burrell and experiences of racism in rugby union- welcome to sportsday, it is a busy day here at wimbledon as you would expect, and if you were one of the lucky people with a ticket for centre court, what a blockbuster line up there. we will talk about the british successes and struggles in a moment but we have to start on centre, where rafa nadal is struggling hard to see aims to win a third wimbledon title and the 23rd grand slam. it seems far away at the
mixed fortunes, not everyone is going to win. it we had success for heather watson, disappointment for pauljubb, who lost to nick kyrgios. ryan peniston, his incredible run continues. another day, another chance to follow the british players at wimbledon and the classically british summertime. for ryan peniston, this was a special moment. the 26 year old survived cancer as a child. compared to that, a debut on the wimbledon grass must have seemed easy. this was the biggest match of his career so far, but the britons it didn t let that distract him. a first appearance at wimbledon and a first appearance at wimbledon and a first win. and there was more britishjoy on court first win. and there was more british joy on court one. heather watson s match was all square with tamara korpatsch when it resumes on day two. in a rush to get this one
going on at day two. thank you. loud cheers from centre court that we can hear, rafa nadal, absolute tight turn. when you last left at me, he was a breakdown in the fourth set, looking like we are going to battle into r5. he has turned the whole thing around the time and time again. at 36, he is still so good at doing this. this man, francisco cerundolo, now trying to stay in the match with nadal hoping he can get himself over the line in four sets. he doesn t want to test that foot too much in the opening round, he wants to win, kitty have the audacity at 36 year old to win calendar slime? rafa nadal has never done that in his career, he is halfway there and if you could win wimbledon. were getting carried away, nothing djokovic would potentially await in the final,. dan evans, no such loud
serena williams is the corners? thank you so much. serena williams is playing - the corners? thank you so much. i serena williams is playing harmony tan on centre court. ryan peniston was mentioned there probably not a name on tracey s lips before this tournament, he got to the quarterfinals in nottingham at queen s event and in eastbourne, he sent around two here and i am pleased to cycle with him earlier. it is an unbelievable feeling to come out and just play my first match at wimbledon is special but to get a win as well, it makes it even more special. get a win as well, it makes it even more special- more special. brilliant quarterfinal runs at eastbourne more special. brilliant quarterfinal runs at eastbourne and more special. brilliant quarterfinal runs at eastbourne and at - more special. brilliant quarterfinal runs at eastbourne and at queen s event, really in the public concerns now. you had great support, how important were those wins to give you the belief you could
aware. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. france s interior minister has apologised to everyone who suffered from bad management at the champions league final last month. get initially blamed liverpool fans for the disorder outside the stade de france but an independent reviews found security and crowd management was inadequate with french police criticised for the disproportionate use of tear gas. britain s jack laugher won individual bronze at the fina world championships, in budapest. a final dive of 97.5 in the 3m springboard secured his second medal of the week. laugher also won silver in the synchro event and has one more chance for a world medal later in the week. great britain have named a 61r strong squad for the white athletics championship in six months. dina asher smith and catriona thompson johnson will both defend their titles in oregon. let s head back to wimbledon now to get the latest on what is