Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek started their Italian Open campaigns with contrasting wins on Friday. Djokovic was made to work by Tomas Etcheverry within the second spherical. Swiatek, a overwhelmed finalist on the Madrid Open final week, started her Italian Open problem with a 6-0, 6-0 win.

Najmul Hossein scored his first ODI hundred to guide Bangladesh to an exciting victory over Ireland within the second ODI.

Two-time ICC males’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Daren Sammy has been appointed because the West Indies’s white-ball captain. Former Jamaica wicketkeeper/batsman Andre Coley has been appointed coach of the Test facet.

Here’s a take a look at the important thing tales from worldwide sporting occasions by way of the day for 13 May, 2023:

Djokovic begins Rome marketing campaign with sluggish win

Novak Djokovic fought his manner into the third spherical of the Italian Open on Friday, beating Tomas Etcheverry 7-5 (7/6), 6-2 in a surprisingly tight encounter.

A six-time winner in Rome, the world primary was made to work by the 61st-ranked Argentine, prevailing in a single hour, 51 minutes to arrange a 3rd spherical conflict with Grigor Dimitrov who beat Stan Wawrinka.

Djokovic, a 22-time Grand Slam title winner, has not been knocked out of an ATP Tour occasion on the first try because the Monte Carlo Masters final yr.

Still nursing an damage to his proper elbow he needed to battle his well past Etcheverry, successful the primary set through a tie-break earlier than lastly making certain passage into the subsequent spherical.

World quantity seven Holger Rune marked his Rome debut with a 6-3, 6-3 win towards Arthur Fils of France.

World primary Iga Swiatek began her bid to win a 3rd straight Italian Open WTA title by demolishing Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 6-0.

Losing finalist in Madrid final weekend, Swiatek seemed in nice type within the event she gained final yr earlier than occurring to blitz the French Open despite the fact that she is shaking off a rib damage suffered at Indian Wells.

The Pole’s path to a different Rome title opened up on Thursday when world quantity two Aryna Sabalenka and third-ranked Jessica Pegula have been knocked out.

Swiatek faces Lesia Tsurenko within the final 32 after extending her successful streak within the Italian capital to 12 matches.

Last yr’s shedding finalist, fourth seed Ons Jabeur fell 6-1, 6-4 to Paula Badosa.

The 28-year-old Jabeur has had calf issues in latest weeks, an damage which triggered her to retire within the semi-finals at Stuttgart and never defend her Madrid title.

Badosa will face world quantity 27 Marta Kostyuk within the third spherical.

Earlier, Jannik Sinner cruised into the lads’s final 32 with a straight-sets win over Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-1, 6-4.

World quantity eight Sinner took one hour, 18 minutes to take care of the Australian qualifier and can play Russian Alexander Shevchenko, who beat Argentine Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-4.

Rome has not seen an Italian event winner since Adriano Panatta in 1976.

Results on Friday from the ATP/WTA Italian Open in Rome (x denotes seeding, gamers representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing below the title or flag of their international locations):

Men

2nd rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x26) bt Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) bt Alex De Minaur (AUS x17) 6-3, 6-4

Cameron Norrie (GBR x13) bt Alexandre Muller (FRA) 6-2, 6-3

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) bt Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x10) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

Roman Safiullin bt Sebastian Korda (USA x22) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)

Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB x30) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6)

Holger Rune (DEN x7) bt Arthur Fils (FRA) 6-3, 6-3

Casper Ruud (NOR x4) bt Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 6-4, 6-0

Alexander Bublik (KAZ) bt Ben Shelton (USA x28) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

Laslo Djere (SRB) bt Botic van de Zandschulp (NED x23) 6-2, 6-4

Christian Garin (CHI) bt Tommy Paul (USA x16) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Gregoire Barrere (FRA) bt Karen Khachanov (x11) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Francisco Cerundolo (ARG x24) bt Wu Yibing (CHN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Alexander Shevchenko bt Sebastian Baez (ARG) 6-3, 6-4

Jannik Sinner (ITA x8) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-1, 6-4

Women

2nd rd

Iga Swiatek (POL x1) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 6-0

Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) bt Bernarda Pera (USA x28) 6-4, 6-4

Donna Vekic (CRO x21) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Liudmila Samsonova (x16) bt Anett Kontaveit (EST) 6-3, 6-3

Maria Sakkari (GRE x9) bt Barbora Strycova (CZE) 6-1, 6-3

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) bt Bianca Andreescu (CAN x24) 6-0, 6-1

Anna Kalinskaya bt Elise Mertens (BEL x25) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Elena Rybakina (KAZ x7) bt Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1

Paula Badosa (ESP) bt Ons Jabeur (TUN x4) 6-1, 6-4

Marta Kostyuk (UKR x32) bt Claire Liu (USA) 6-0, 6-4

Karolina Muchova (CZE) bt Martina Trevisan (ITA x18) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

Camila Giorgi (ITA) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (x15) 6-4, 6-2

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE x10) bt Danka Kovinic (MNE) 6-2, 4-1 – retired

Jelena Ostapenko (LAT x20) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

Julia Grabher (AUT) bt Jil Teichmann (SUI x26) 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-3

Daria Kasatkina (x8) bt Lisa Pigato (ITA) 6-1, 6-2

Bangladesh beat Ireland in thriller

Najmul Hossein hit a primary one-day worldwide century earlier than Mushfiqur Rahim ensured Bangladesh chased down 320 with three balls left in a tense three-wicket win over Ireland on Friday regardless of Harry Tector’s career-best 140.

Najmul made 117 off simply 93 balls at Chelmsford in entrance of a 4,000-strong crowd largely made up of Tigers followers.

Victory gave Bangladesh a 1-0 lead in a three-match sequence after Tuesday’s rain-marred no-result at English county Essex’s headquarters.

Bangladesh veteran Mushfiqur, with 4 runs required off 4 balls, hit a boundary and completed 36 not out.

Najmul, who finally holed out off Curtis Campher, shared a fourth-wicket stand of 131 with Towhid Hridoy (68).

In a match decreased by rain to 45 overs per facet, Tector’s fourth century in his final 9 ODI innings took Ireland to 319-6.

The 23-year-old struck seven fours and 10 sixes in a mere 113 balls, with George Dockrell making 74.

Bangladesh paceman Shoriful Islam conceded 83 runs in 9 overs throughout an innings the place Ireland struck a nationwide file 16 sixes.

This sequence concludes on Sunday.

Tuesday’s washout, one thing Ireland hoped to keep away from by transferring the sequence to England, denied the Irish the 3-0 sequence clear sweep they wanted to safe computerized entry into this yr’s World Cup in India.

Ireland will now need to compete within the June 18-July 9 qualifying event in Zimbabwe, that additionally contains former champions West Indies and Sri Lanka.

Sammy takes over as West Indies white ball coach

Daren Sammy, the one man to guide his facet to 2 T20 World Cup titles, was on Friday appointed the brand new head coach of West Indies’ white ball groups, the nationwide federation introduced.

The 39-year-old from St Lucia captained West Indies to victory over Sri Lanka within the 2012 T20 World Cup ultimate and once more in 2016 once they beat England in a dramatic decider.

Within months of the second triumph Sammy, who skippered West Indies in all three codecs of the sport, was eliminated as captain however went on to play franchise white ball cricket world wide.

Since retiring as a participant, Sammy has coached groups within the Pakistan Super League and the Caribbean Premier League.

His first job might be a three-match ODI sequence towards UAE in Sharjah subsequent month, forward of the the World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe.

West Indies didn’t qualify mechanically and can now participate within the 10-team event to try to take one of many two remaining slots in the primary occasion which is able to happen in India later within the yr.

Cricket West Indies, who determined in March to interact separate coaches for the restricted over and Test groups, additionally appointed former Jamaica wicketkeeper/batsman Andre Coley as the brand new head coach of the Test facet.

Coley, 48, was interim head coach of the crew on its excursions of Zimbabwe and South Africa earlier this yr.

With textual content inputs from AFP

Updated by way of the day