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CRICKET T20 BLAST - NORTH GROUP—Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (Trent Bridge): Yorkshire 182-7 (20 overs; D J Malan 95no; J A Brooks 4-51). Nottinghamshire 174-4 (20overs; A D Hales 53). Yorkshire (2pts) beat Nottinghamshire by 8 runs. SOUTH GROUP—Essex v Gloucestershire (Chelmsford): Gloucestershire 195-7 (21 overs; B Charlesworth 52). Essex 196-7 (19.1 overs; R Das 69). Essex (2pts) beat Gloucestershire by 3 wickets. Kent v Somerset (Canterbury): Somerset 154 (20 overs). Kent 112-(15 overs). Somerset (2pts) beat Kent by 13 runs (DLS method) TENNIS FRENCH OPEN (Roland Garros, Paris)—Selected 1st rnd, Men: A Vavassori (Ita) bt (31) M Kecmanovic (Ser) 5-7 2-6 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (11-9), A Rinderknech (Fra) bt R Gasquet (Fra) 6-4 2-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4), (9) T Harry Fritz (USA) bt M Mmoh (USA) 6-2 6-1 6-1, (16) T Paul (USA) bt D Stephan Stricker (Swi) 6-3 6-2 6-4,(4) C Ruud (Nor) bt E Ymer (Swe) 6-4 6-3 6-2, (28) G Dimitrov (Bul) bt T Skatov (Kaz) 6-0 6-3 6-2, (22) A Zverev (Ger) bt L George Harris (Rsa) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-0) 6-1, (27) Y Nishioka (Jpn) bt J John Wolf (USA) 1-6 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-3, T Seyboth Wild (Bra) bt (2) D Medvedev (Rus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (6-8) 2-6 6-3 6-4. Women: (1) I Swiatek (Pol) bt C Bucsa (Spa) 6-4 6-0, R Peterson (Swe) bt F Ferro (Fra) 6-2 6-0, L Tsurenko (Ukr) bt (13) B Krejcikova (Cze) 6-2 6-4, (6) C Gauff (USA) bt R Masarova (Spa) 3-6 6-1 6-2, (4) E Rybakina (Kaz) bt B Fruhvirtova (Cze) 6-4 6-2, J Paolini (Ita) bt (30) S Cirstea (Rom) 7-5 2-6 6-2, (7) O Jabeur (Tun) bt L Bronzetti (Ita) 6-4 6-1. Men’s Doubles 1st rnd: (1) W Koolhof (Ned) & K SKUPSKI (Gbr) bt G Escobar (Ecu) & A Golubev (Kaz) 6-3 7-6 (7-5), (5) L GLASSPOOL (Gbr) & H Heliovaara (Fin) bt A Erler (Aut) & L Miedler (Aut) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-3, (13) J MURRAY (Gbr) & M Venus (Nzl) bt D Hidalgo (Ecu) & D Vega Hernandez (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.