Great Britain’s women’s hockey team claim the first of a two-match Test series in Holland while the rain ruins another day at Roland Garros. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours:
Great Britain head coach Danny Kerry insists his side can get even better after goals from Lily Owsley and Helen Richardson-Walsh handed his side a 2-1 win in the first of a two match test series with the Netherlands in Amsterdam.
Owsley struck from open play in the 14th minute to give Danny Kerry’s side the lead but they were pegged back by Kitty Van Male’s leveller just before the break.
Richardson-Walsh put Great Britain back in front just three minutes after the interval and that’s how it stayed until the full time whistle.
“It was a slightly disjointed but winning performance,” said Kerry.
“We can be better with the ball but we were defensively solid which won us the game. We’re looking forward to 48 hours time when I feel we will have made some good adjustments to our game”
The second match in the series takes place tomorrow as both sides fine tune for the Hockey Champions Trophy later this month ahead of Rio 2016.
Andy Murray will meet Richard Gasquet in the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday after the weather in France finally relented.
The match was due to take place on Tuesday but was postponed because of rain in Paris.
The British number one cannot be on court before 13:00 BST, with fourth-round matches involving Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams scheduled before him.
Monday was the first time a whole day’s play at Roland Garros was washed out in 16 years and only two hours of play were possible on Tuesday but Murray is not daunted by the task against the local favourite.
"I'm pumped to be in the quarters of a Slam. The atmosphere will be tough but I don't mind that," said the 29-year-old.
"I've played a number of times against French players here in difficult atmospheres and I managed OK, so I'm sure I'll be fine."
Olympic champions Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford headline a stellar cast set to compete at the Birmingham Diamond League this Sunday.
A total of 61 global medallists and 25 global champions are set to be in action with the full start lists now confirmed.
Britain’s double Olympic, world and European champion Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) will headline the men’s 3000m following victory over 10,000m at the Eugene leg of the IAAF Diamond League last Friday night.
Farah said: “The Birmingham Diamond League will be my first big European track race of 2016 and a great platform to test myself on the road to the Olympic Games in Rio – the ultimate competition for every athlete.
“The meet has long been a key fixture in the season and I know that having the support of that passionate home crowd will be a great motivator for me on the day and going into The Games. The British Diamond League meetings always deliver high quality competition and I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
Fellow Brit Rutherford who holds the Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth long jump titles, will also be using the event as the launchpad to the Olympics, which take place in August.
He said: “This is the best field of long-jumpers in the world at the Birmingham Diamond League and will be the real start of my road to the Rio Olympics. I’m really happy with the start I’ve made to my season and I’m hoping to keep it going at the Birmingham Diamond League on Sunday 5 June, I’m hoping to jump even further than last year.”
Other British stars competing on Sunday include British 100m record holder Dina Asher-Smith, sub-10 men Adam Gemili and Chijindu Ujah.
Chris and Gabby Adcock suffered a surprise defeat in the first round of the Indonesian Open in Jakarta on Tuesday.
England's number one mixed doubles pairing lost to unseeded home hopes Alfian Eko Prasetya and Annisa Saufika 24-22, 18-21, 21-16 in a 57-minute battle at the Istora Stadium.
The Adcocks held game point in the opener before the Indonesians rallied to take three successive points.
The current Superseries champions and seventh seeds then overturned a 9-5 deficit to take the second and force a decider.
But after fighting back at 12-12, the Indonesians just held on to advance through.
The Adcocks will head to Sydney for next week's Australian Open, the last major tournament before the Rio Olympics.
Meanwhile, England's other hopes begin their campaign in Jakarta on Wednesday.
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