No Sinner, no problem as Arnaldi joins three Italian men in Paris last eight

Coach Marcelo Bielsa explained that Luis Suarez’s absence from the 26-man World Cup squad was due to his preference for other attacking options.

Many of the players were due to fly to Miami on Monday evening for a 10-day hot weather pre-tournament acclimatisation camp.

Among the proposed changes is the reduction of FAM’s executive committee from 17 members to 11.

The Dutchman was fired on Saturday following a miserable title defence which ended in a fifth-placed finish, 25 points behind champions Arsenal.

Three men’s doubles pairs shown the exit in the quarter-finals, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei retire while leading in the first game.

They have now lost to the Indonesian duo of Fajar Alfian-Shohibul Fikri 11 times in 14 meetings.

Both pairs have an uphill battle in the last eight as they face tough opponents.

The world No 2 pair lost for the first time to their world No 105 opponents.

The 25-year-old rider started on the front row of the grid between Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin and claimed the first sprint win of his career.

Marco Bezzecchi set a lap time of 1 minute 43.921 seconds at his home track to claim his first pole since the Thai GP.

Italian Fabio Di Giannantonio clocked a top time of one minute 44.808 seconds at the Mugello circuit, 0.91sec ahead of countryman Francesco Bagnaia.

The Mexico-born driver used a two-tire pit stop and heavy rain to hold off Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin and win the NASCAR Cup Series’ Coca-Cola 600.

This will be the first time that WTA players have featured in the primetime slot since Aryna Sabalenka took on Sloane Stephens in June 2023.

Iga Świątek endured a miserable 25th birthday, losing 7-5, 6-1 to Marta Kostyuk, while Alexander Zverev eased into the fourth round with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 6-1 win over Jesper de Jong.

Sorana Cirstea, who will retire at the end of the season, beat Wang Xiyu 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).

Marta Kostyuk advanced to her first Roland Garros quarter-final with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Iga Swiatek.