World number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek progressed to the quarter-finals of the WTA Stuttgart clay-court tournament by beating Elise Mertens in straight sets on Thursday, her ninth win in nine career matches at the French Open warm-up event. I'll build an underground garage," said Swiatek after playing her first clay-court match since lifting the French Open title last June.
Women’s basketball has been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic in recent times. The feats of Iowa Hawkeyes’ Caitlin Clark in the college game saw her picked first in the WNBA Draft on Monday while London Lions became the first British basketball team – male or female – to win a European title when beating Besiktas last week.
The Europa Conference League quarter-final is still up for grabs after a tight first-leg last week