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BRITAIN’S rising star Cameron Norrie declared he had produced ‘the best tennis I have played in my life’ after making a winning French Open debut.

On the day he broke into the world’s top 100 for the first time, the British No.3 celebrated with a first-round victory after Peter Gojowczyk retired injured.

Norrie, 22, (main picture) was leading 6-1, 2-0 at the time and will now face French 15th seed Lucas Pouille.

Britain’s Heather Watson (inset) also won in Paris yesterday, easily beating France’s Oceane Dodin 6-3, 6-0.

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Bayliss left ‘throwing hands up’ in frustration

bale ‘could be united legend’

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ExaspEratEd England coach trevor Bayliss has revealed his frustration at players continually repeating the same mistakes after the ‘embarrassing’ nine-wicket defeat at Lord’s.

Joe root won the toss in the first test against pakistan but his men could not cope with the tough conditions and were unable to recover from being bowled out for 184.

they extended their sorry sequence of defeats to six in their last eight tests

and if they do not win the second and final match of the series, which starts at Headingley on Friday, they will also lose a third successive series.

Bayliss took over as coach before the start of England’s 2015 home ashes win and demanded aggression at the crease but has since called for care and patience if conditions dictate.

asked if his words are being heeded, though, the australian said: ‘Obviously not enough. In a way, you almost throw

your hands up sometimes. But what else can you do? We continually deliver that type of message and are continually working on it in the nets.

‘the mistakes we made; throwing hands at the ball, (not) letting the ball come. Under pressure, in the middle, we’ve got to do it better. I’d be expecting they’d be a little embarrassed about the way they played, and the performance in the next one will be better.’

England’s fielding was again poor at

Lord’s as they put down five catches while pakistan built a first-innings lead of 179. asked to explain the problems in the field, Bayliss admitted: ‘I’m almost at a loss sometimes. It’s got to be concentration. Once the first one goes down, it’s a little bit like when we lose a wicket or two – sometimes that confidence goes down. It was desperately disappointing.’

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RIO FERDINAND has urged Gareth Bale to emerge from Cristiano Ronaldo’s shadow and become a Manchester United legend.

The Welshman came off the bench in Kiev on Saturday to score two goals, including a brilliant overhead kick, in Real Madrid’s 3-1 Champions League final victory over Liverpool.

Although that secured Bale a fourth European Cup in five years, it may not keep him at the Bernabeu even though he has four years left on a contract worth £18million a year. The 28-year-

old admitted after the final he was unhappy at a lack of game time at Real and wants to discuss his future.

It is believed his representatives will hold talks with the club this week.

Manchester United have long been linked with Bale, while Tottenham, the club he left for Spain in 2013, have also been touted as a possible destination.

It is thought Spurs inserted a buy-back clause in the £89million move. But Bale’s wages – said to be £400,000 a

week after tax – make a return to north London highly unlikely. Instead, United are firm favourites to land him, if he leaves, and former United midfielder Paul Scholes yesterday admitted he would love to see Bale at Old Trafford.

Fellow Red Devils star Ferdinand agreed and suggested Bale (right) is held back by being Ronaldo’s team-mate.

He posted on Instagram: ‘He was brought there to eventually take over the mantle as the team’s talisman from @cristiano but the Portuguese megastar has not played ball with that idea. Some

will say he has nothing to prove but does he want to go somewhere & be the main man? Or does he want to remain & continue in the role he is in now, as the supporting cast?

‘I would love to see him come back to the @premierleague (preferably with @manchesterunited) & dominate. Write a new chapter as a leader of a club, the go to guy at all times, the icon....this is what the greats do in all sports not just football, it elevates them.’

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Gritted teeth: Bayliss

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