Defending Madrid Open champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka both triumphed in their opening clashes in the Spanish capital on Friday to reach the third round.Men's world number three Alcaraz shone on home clay after a forearm problem led to his withdrawals from the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open.
A young woman was stabbed and her attacker killed near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday, while the country's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was injured in a car crash as he returned from addressing journalists at the scene, officials said. On his way back from addressing journalists at the scene, minister Ben Gvir and three other people were injured in a spectacular car crash.Â
The Antrim cueman faces John Higgins in a high-profile second-round clash at the Crucible.