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Has enough been done to guard against coercion?

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At seven o'clock on a Monday morning, a village paperboy is busily doing his rounds, his high-vis vest and yellow bag standing out against a grey blanket of fog.

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Sinner, who had his Australian Open title defence ended by Djokovic in a thrilling five-set semi-final in January, also extends his head-to-head record against Medvedev, having won nine of their past 10 meetings.

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The Italian did not face a break point against Medvedev and only lost four points behind his first serve.

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Stuart McCloskey has been there or thereabouts for so long, but to think that Bundee Aki has been lucky to make the bench against Scotland because McCloskey has been playing out of his skin means that there are so many positives for Andy Farrell.

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