i m really focused and i m feeling all the pressure, to be honest, and i m dealing with that. but on the day off, i am able to complete the switch off and forget about tennis and go out, have fun just to, you know, for my mental health to be strong and ready for the next round. so it s all about how you re able to manage the energy. fourth seed elena rybakina is through, matching her best result at roland garros. she beat fifteenth seed and wimbledon semi finalist elina svitolina in straight sets 6 4, 6 3 and will play italianjasmin paolini next, after she beat russian elina avenesyan in three sets. in football news france forward kylian mbappe says it is a dream come true as his long awaited move to real madrid was confirmed on monday evening. mbappe will move to the bernabeu stadium on a five year deal when his paris saint germain contract expires on the 30th ofjune. the world cup winner verbally agreed tojoin real in february and announced in may he would leave the fre
finish seventh, with only three wins from nine matches. he s been speaking to our reporter henry moeran. excited. it s a great place to be here in barbados on the eve of our first world cup game. so, yeah, very excited. different format this year, this sort of double group stage. what do you make of the challenge and the journey your side s got to take to get that get that trophy? yeah, it feels like a real world cup, doesn t it? lots of teams involved. and, you know, there s never any easy games. every game, we have to be right on it, you know, match the intensity required for for the game. all we re focused on at the moment is that scotland match. you know, that s the biggest and most important thing right now. and what of that scotland game? because they ll look at this as a free hit. yeah, absolutely. you know, we know there s expectation and stuff, but i m fully focused on what we need to do. we need to prepare really, really well. we expect a really tough challenge. and yeah, we
delegates from the 32 countries competing in the world cup and even some who didn t make it to russia staged some friendlies. the world cup brings the world together. and that is the business of the u.n., too. reporter: it was like a dress rehearsal for the world cup. intense match, indeed. but that s sport. when we re playing sports, we forget about all our differences. reporter: no messi or ronaldo but the algerian ambassador. it s better that we fight on the soccer field than here at the u.n. much more peaceful than they usually deal with each other. reporter: one ringer on the field, real world cup winner matteas of germany which hosted the cage matches. can they play? i think they are passionate. this is most important. i tell the same to the children. you have to play soccer with passion and with love. reporter: i notice some of the diplomats apparently faking
it s not pretty. the favorite team stylistically early. he picked them early. they looked good. by the way, chile won. riots in chile. i love this game! that s when you know you have a proper nation. we ll see how america reacts to a win on friday. we have to be ready. were you pleased yesterday with the pace? it s gotten exciting. 24 hours later. what made it a real world cup is off the field. two greats of the game started to go after it so we know it is a world cup now. one of the greatest players of all time. absolutely. you talk about psychologically suspect. this guy is a head case, a basket case. who are you talking about? he is managing probably one of the best teams in the world in argentina and people are