Will a fellow band member really break them apart? Louis blinks up at the question taking him by surprise. OR an AU in which Harry is the typical frat boy who doesn't believe in love but falls for the insecure mess that is Louis. Sex and fluff ensue. Alexander Zverev moved confidently into the round of 16, defeating Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros in just 71 minutes. In fact, his greatest nemesis was the spidercam, which came a little too close for the German's comfort.
Zverev clipped a ball at the camera suspended above his head as he prepared to serve — the world number five claiming he almost hit the wire holding the device in place when he threw the ball.
It just hung too low," he said, though the chair umpire disagreed. There was ultimately no negative impact on Zverev's performance, and the year-old will face Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili for a place in the last eight. Basilashvili got the better of Italian world number 26 Lorenzo Sonego to secure his progression. The gulf in quality between Daniil Medvedev and Sumit Nagal of India was clear to see, as the world number two — who is representing the Russian Olympic Committee — cruised through in just 66 minutes.
Nagal, ranked th in the world, dropped serve in the first game of the match and never looked likely to recover, and the Australian Open runner-up breezed into the next round Medvedev will next go up against Italy's Fabio Fognini. The Russian has faced the world number 31 on four occasions, winning three times. Great Britain's Olympic team had a day to remember on Monday, but Jamie Murray and his doubles partner Neal Skupski could not carry on their run.
Murray — whose brother Andy is also competing in the doubles but has withdrawn from the singles, in which he was defending champion — was called up as a late replacement for Dan Evans. He has not made it past the second round in four Olympic Games, despite having won seven grand slam doubles titles.
Naomi Osaka is taking things "one notch at a time" at Tokyo after another convincing performance in round two on Monday. With Ash Barty having suffered a shock exit a day prior, Osaka is now the favourite for glory on home court and with Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek among the round-two casualties that status is sure to only be enhanced.
There was better news for Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova at the Ariake Tennis Park, though, in a women's draw stacked with top-tier talent.
Back after a self-imposed two-month hiatus, defending US and Australian champion Osaka has not missed a beat and was too good for Viktorija Golubic in a victory. Osaka won 24 of 26 service points in the first set and 37 of 45 in the second, facing break point only once in a one-sided affair. Svitolina was not as comfortable with the fourth seed rebounding from losing the opening set to defeat Ajla Tomljanovic Maria Sakkari 14 awaits in the next round.
Carla Suarez Navarro earned her first win since recovering from cancer in round one and battled valiantly against Karolina Pliskova 5 before eventually losing in three sets. Swiatek, whose father was an Olympic rower, would have had strong designs on a deep run at the Games but was beaten by Paula Badosa. The Pole was left in tears after the defeat, and was still sobbing at her chair several minutes after the end of the match.
Sabalenka also bit the dust, going down in three sets to Donna Vekic, while Petra Kvitova lost the deciding set of her tie with Alison Van Uytvanck to bow out with a whimper. Tom Daley was left stunned after finally ending his wait to win an Olympic gold medal, the year-old diver victorious in the men's synchronised 10m platform event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Daley burst onto the scene at the Beijing Olympics in at the age of 14, before going on to claim bronze medals at both the London and Rio Games. China had won gold at every Olympics dating back to Sydney , and Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen gave it an almighty effort in response to Daley and Lee's final score of Their late charge was in vain, though, with China's duo tallying up He added: "It's kind of unbelievable.
I've dreamed, as has Matty, since I started diving 20 years ago, for this moment of becoming an Olympic champion. And it to take it to my fourth Olympic Games, when I think a lot of people probably would have not considered it to be my peak Olympic Games. And it was my husband who said to me that my story wasn't finished, and my son or child — we didn't know at the time — needed to be there to watch me win an Olympic gold medal.
It has been a tough road for Daley, who lost his father and mentor Rob to brain cancer in , all while living life in the public eye ever since his remarkable rise in Beijing, and he revealed how close he came to not making it to Tokyo.
In , I had broken shins, and I didn't know if I was going to be able to do my running platform take-offs again," he said. And that even up until June, I had a pretty bad knee injury. I haven't said this yet, but in June, I tore my meniscus and went under knee surgery and had to get it removed. So I'm just extremely happy and thankful to all of the physios, doctors, strength coaches, my coach for making it possible that I can even dive today.
In-demand midfielder Franck Kessie says he wants to stay at Milan "forever" and plans to sign a new deal when he returns from the Olympics. Kessie is in the final year of his deal with the Rossoneri and has been linked with the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
The year-old, currently representing Ivory Coast at the Games in Tokyo, has assured Milan he has no intention of moving on. Indeed, I want to stay forever," he told Gazzetta dello Sport:. I just want Milan. Sporting director Paolo Maldini knows my thoughts.
Milan head coach Stefano Pioli said he has no concerns about Kessie departing earlier this month. Asked about the prospect of Kessie signing a new deal, he said: "These are club things. We all know how important Franck is and how happy he is to be at Milan. He can still do a lot, both I and the club know how important Franck is, I have already heard it. First he rested, then married, now he will go with the national team.
Kessie scored 13 goals — 11 of those coming from the penalty spot — and provided four assists as Milan finished second behind city rivals Inter in Serie A last season. The first Olympic gold medal in the women's skateboarding went the way of a year-old from Japan, as Momiji Nishiya won the street event in Tokyo.
Her triumph completes a clean sweep for host nation Japan in the street event of the skateboarding — a sport introduced for these Games — after Yuto Horigome's success in the men's competition at Ariake Urban Sports Park on Sunday. Nishiya's compatriot Funa Nakayama, 16, completed a podium which had an average age of just 14 years and days — the youngest individual podium in Olympic history. The field had opened up for the youngsters after world number one Pamela Rosa and fellow favourite Leticia Bufoni, both of Brazil, had dropped out in the preliminary heats.
I'm simply delighted," a shy Nishiya beamed in a news conference. Leal said: "I'm very, very happy to make this dream come true. It's a dream for my parents and a dream for me to be here at the Olympics and fantastic to represent Brazil and to get this medal, and I had great fun. Adam Peaty revealed he has gone through "breakdowns" and has had to hide emotions from his family after becoming a double Olympic champion. It was another dominant performance from world-record holder Peaty in the metres breaststroke at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with a time of Peaty is unbeaten in the event in seven years and only one other swimmer has ever breached the second mark — that being silver medallist Arno Kamminga.
Despite his dominance, Peaty spoke about the challenges he has faced, with the year-old having become a father to his son George within the past year. He said: "It's been a heavy investment. A lot has changed this last year, more than the last five. Men's doubles. Marcus Ellis. Lauren Smith.
Women's doubles. Heather Olver. Galal Yafai. Men's light-flyweight kg. Nicola Adams. Women's flyweight kg. Qais Ashfaq. Men's bantamweight 56kg. Muhammad Ali. Men's flyweight 52kg. Joe Cordina. Men's lightweight 60kg. Anthony Fowler. Men's middleweight 75kg. Savannah Marshall. Women's middleweight 75kg. Josh Buatsi. Men's light heavyweight 81kg. Lawrence Okolie. Men's heavyweight 91kg.
Joe Joyce. Pat McCormack. Men's light welterweight 64kg. Josh Kelly. Men's welterweight 69kg. David Florence. Men's C1 and Men's C2. Richard Hounslow. Men's C2. Joe Clarke. Men's K1. Fiona Pennie. Women's K1. More on the canoe slalom squad - How to get into canoeing with Get Inspired - Olympic Canoeing guide. Liam Heath. Men's K1 m and K2 m. Jon Schofield. Men's K2 m. Jess Walker. Women's K1 m and Team K4 m. Louisa Gurski. Women's Team K4 m. Rachel Cawthorn. Rebeka Simon. Lani Belcher. Women's team K2 m.
Angela Hannah. Liam Phillips. Men's BMX. Kyle Evans. Grant Ferguson. Men's cross country. More on the mountain bike squad - How to get into mountain biking with Get Inspired - Olympic Cycling guide. Geraint Thomas. Men's Road. Chris Froome. Adam Yates. Steve Cummings. Ian Stannard. Lizzie Armitstead. Women's Road. Emma Pooley. Nikki Harris. Sir Bradley Wiggins. Men's Track. Mark Cavendish. Jason Kenny. Philip Hindes. Callum Skinner.
Owain Doull. Steven Burke. Ed Clancy. Becky James. Women's Track. Katy Marchant. Laura Trott. Kate Archibald. Joanna Rowsell Shand. Elinor Barker. Ciara Horne. Sarah Barrow. Women's 10m. Alicia Blagg. Women's 3m synchronised. Tonia Couch. Women's 10m and 10m synchronised. Rebecca Gallantree. Women's 3m and 3m synchronised. Grace Reid. Women's 3m. Lois Toulson. Women's 10m synchronised. Tom Daley. Men's 10m and 10m synchronised. Daniel Goodfellow.
Men's 10m synchronised. Jack Laugher. Men's 3m and 3m synchronised. Chris Mears. Men's 3m synchronised. Freddie Woodward. Men's 3m. Fiona Bigwood. Charlotte Dujardin.
Carl Hester. Spencer Wilton. More on the equestrian squad - How to get into horse riding with Get Inspired - Olympic Equestrian guide. William Fox-Pitt. Kitty King. Pippa Funnell. Gemma Tattersall. Ben Maher. Nick Skelton. John Whitaker. Michael Whitaker. James Davis. Richard Kruse. Laurence Halsted. Marcus Mepstead. Justin Rose. What Murray did was magnificent, given the unique pressure on British players, but he was hardly an outlier in the global game.
Every year someone is the US Open champion. Not like Raducanu, though. Never like Raducanu. Raducanu has done that; except she's jumped six additional fences that no-one else has had to clear, and then still won the race by 30 lengths. British teenager Raducanu has become the first ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam tournament.
Not a set dropped in her 20 played and no tiebreaks either. Mariam Bolkvadze of Georgia took her to in the second set of her second qualifying round game. Every other set was decided with six winning games. And yes, we've seen that done. Raducanu lost 34 in the tournament proper, so was marginally less ruthless.
However, in , Serena arrived as the reigning champion, the No 1 seed, holder of 17 Grand Slam titles — 32 if we include her doubles — and four Olympic gold medals. Raducanu was ranked th in the world prior to Wimbledon in June, and th on arrival in New York. She initially hoped to win enough prize money to replace the Airpods she mislaid in the dressing room prior to her first qualifier. As teenagers do. So, let's put those rankings into perspective.
Brighouse are based in West Yorkshire and have a record attendance of 1,, versus Scarborough Athletic. Raducanu hoped to win enough prize money to replace the Airpods she lost over in the US. Neither is expected in a Grand Slam final anytime soon.
This is where Raducanu's ascent begins; from nowhere. Undoubtedly, she was ahead of the handicapper. Yet others will have been too, at similar stages of career development. And nobody — nobody — accomplished what Raducanu did. So, having set aside nationality, let's discard sport for the moment, too. What Raducanu has entered is pretty much the realm of artistic imagination, a world where anything is possible.
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