That total is over 6,000 more runs than the next highest of 28,016 compiled by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara.

England were 153-2 at tea on the first day, after captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bat.

Not for the first time in his 156 Test-career, the 34-year-old Root bailed England out of trouble.

Five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek, not previously known for her prowess on grass, demolished former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.

Caster Semenya, 34, was the Olympic 800m champion in 2012 and 2016 and world gold medallist in 2009, 2011 and 2017.