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Medvedev and Tsitsipas defuse American bombers to set up Cincinnati showdown

World number one Daniil Medvedev and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defused big-serving American threats Taylor Fritz and John Isner on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Open.

Cook revels in front of Munich crowd

By Will Jennings in MunichSophie cook says sparkling in front of a pole vault-hooked German crowd was an experience she will never forget. The Dudley athlete, 27, delivered a solid showing in Wednesday night's European Championship final with a ninth-place finish behind British teammate Molly Caudery. Ad Cook cleared the bar at 4.40m in Munich after claiming a brilliant personal best of 4.50m in Monday morning's qualifying.

How Alice Milliat brought women into the Olympics

Analysis: the Frenchwoman played a huge role in establishing the first Women's World Games 100 years ago this month

More to come from Caudery despite seventh-placed finish at Europeans

Molly Caudery admits she could have given more despite claiming a solid seventh-place finish at the European Championships. The Redruth pole vaulter, 22, cleared the bar at the second highest height of her career as a leap of 4.55m hauled her ahead of British teammate Sophie Cook. Ad But it was not enough for a medal as flying Finn Wilma Murto grabbed gold ahead of Greek star Aikaterini Stefanidi and Slovenian Tina Sutej.