in straight sets at the atp tour finals. and player power earns one of the nba's best a move to the philadelphia 76ers. hello and welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. taking a stroll down real madrid's managerial alumni shows some rather familiar and formidible faces — jose mourinho, zinedine zidane, carlo ancelotti, and now santiago solari. perhaps not a name you instantly recognise, but the former madrid youth coach has clearly impressed in his role as interim manager, leading real to the best start of any manager in the club's history. no surprise he is set to be appointed to the job on a permanent basis. patrick gearey tells us more. this time last month, santiago

solari had never managed in a top level clu b solari had never managed in a top level club match. now he has one of the biggest coaching jobs in the world. he has found himself in the right place at the right time with the right results as well. the 4— to win was his fourth win in four games, the best of any real manager in history. but even when asked about the position last night he wasn't talking himself up —— real. translation: the club have to do what is necessary and possible for the best interests of real madrid. nothing more to say and i don't think anything else is important. he isa think anything else is important. he is a kompany man, though born in argentina, he has long been associated with real. he made the switch across madrid to that that they are in 2000, earning one champions league and two la liga titles. after playing he moved into coaching, more recently with the reserves , coaching, more recently with the reserves, who play in spain's third tier. he took over as caretaker managerfrom the tier. he took over as caretaker manager from the first team last month. solari is surrounded by celebrity. wherever he looks at

training he sees some of the best footballers in the world. he will have the try and keep them in his bosses happy while living up to the expectations of a club which won the champions league under zidane in may. like him, the new man knows his way around. i think solari is the closest to the zidane formula, somebody already inside the club who knows what is like to play and win stuff for real madrid. someone who understands the club, who has the respect of people within the club and someone who understands that coaching real madrid is not like any otherjob in football. he got real going in the right direction though they will be expected to stop overtaking a few at the top of a congested league table. he has benefited not just congested league table. he has benefited notjust from results but rules as well. in spanish football you can only be caretaker manager or two weeks. the names of pochettino and conte will continue to be martyred in quiet corners of this place, but now solari has his boss's faith. it is your go, santiago.

more managerial news, as sporting lisbon presented dutchman marcel keizer as their new coach on monday, afterjose peseiro was sacked last week following the club's loss to estoril in the portuguese league cup in october. keizer has signed with sporting untiljune 2021, after a six—month stint with al—jazira in the united arab emirates. the 49—year—old dutchman has spent most of his career in the netherlands and has worked at ajax and fc emmen. when i see the city of lisbon and i see a club such as sporting, it is a bitjealous, see a club such as sporting, it is a bit jealous, but at ajax see a club such as sporting, it is a bitjealous, but at ajax it see a club such as sporting, it is a bit jealous, but at ajax it was also a big challenge, but i think this is a big challenge, but i think this is a very big challenge for me, yes. i like the team, i like the players who play with a lot of passion for the club. i hope i can add something to it as a coach, and this is...

well, i would say attacking philosophy, but also it is a good height press in defending. —— high press. tennis now, and world number one novak djokovic has kicked off his atp finals campaign with victory overjohn isner, underlining just why he is the favourite to win a sixth title in london by making light work of the american, beating him 6—3, 6—4. earlier, germany's alexander zverev beat marin cilic, also in straight sets. but that was a much tighter affair, as nick parrott reports. you don't have to win your first match in this tournament to become champion, but novak djokovic's reaction suggested helps. success breeds success and he will be favourite to collect a record equalling six title on sunday. john isner might be the lowest ranked player at the end of the finals, but he is the biggest and hardest hitting. this encounter between the massive server and one of the best returners was an intriguing prospects, but it soon became clear who would have the upper hand. a

brake on the fifth game and the serbian was on his way to taking the first set. five months ago, djokovic was languishing outside the world's top 20, while still working his way back from elbow surgery. he is ending the year as good as he has ever been, and ranked number one. with his big serve, isner is a player is synonymous with tiebreaks, but this time he couldn't find a way through. djokovic's bone serving was impeccable, and two breaks in the second that saw him wrap things up in underi.25 hours. second that saw him wrap things up in under1.25 hours. i held my serve really well, i thought i backed it up really well, i thought i backed it up very nicely from the baseline, from the back of the court, i played very solid. i didn't give him too many opportunities, and yes, just a great match overall. in the day's earlier game, youth overcame experience, with 21—year—old alexander zverev beating former us 0pen champion marin cilic in straight sets. sloppy play cost the croat as he threw away the first set point. without reaching his highest

level, zverev managed to cut out the errors in key moments, and took control of a second tie—break to win in two hours and six minutes. control of a second tie—break to win in two hours and six minuteslj control of a second tie—break to win in two hours and six minutes. i am happy to get a win, that is the most important thing, and what is most important thing, and what is most important in this tournament is very important in this tournament is very important to all of us players, so the body wants to do well. zverev is being touted by many as the next big star of tennis. his potential will come under the greater scrutiny when he takes on djokovic on wednesday. a bit of drama in the doubles, but not the sort you want to see. mahut collided with a sponsor's board right in front of the umpire's chair. the match had to be delayed while he received some treatment. i have to say he was able to continue with his partner and his compatriot, herbert. they lost to their

opponents. tuesday's first match at the atp finals sees kei nishikori play kevin anderson, players who both won their opening matches in london. nishikori took advantage of a sluggish roger federer on sunday, and will hope to keep up the pressure on anderson, a man he beat two weeks ago at the paris masters. former world number four greg rusedski casts his eye for us on nishkori's year. 37 years of age, i mean, he is like a fine bottle of rate red wine, getting better with age. a great start to him, beating marin cilic in five sets, what an amazing feat. a few years ago we were talking about him never winning a slam again, never being world number one, and he has done that. he moves like a 20—year—old. i mean, it is quite phenomenal. he is taking the ball early on the rise, and it is just beautiful to watch. i think he is one of the most elegant players out

there. the nice thing for roger is there. the nice thing for roger is the courts are a little bit quicker, so the courts are a little bit quicker, so that plays into his sort of style, as it did down under in australia. the four—time nba all—star jimmy butler has been granted a move away from the minnesota timberwolves to join the philadelphia 76ers. the disgruntled superstar wouldn't play back—to—back games and said he wouldn't sign a contract for 2019, in a bid to force through a move. here is nba reporter lindsay dunn. every once in awhile the bad guy in some situations will win. because you are right,jimmy some situations will win. because you are right, jimmy butler is the winner in this situation. he forced their hand to trade him, and to put in into perspective for anyone, he went from a team that had no chance of making the finals to a team that now, lossmakers, had the odds of going 7:1 to the finals, to now 3:1. if he plays and takes on the motto of philadelphia, the city of

brotherly love, they really could go far, and he is the winner in this, but also carl anthony towns of the minnesota timberwolves, he is also a winner because i think his mental health is going to take a break from i guess the alleged bullying that butler was giving him. england beat bangladesh by seven wickets under the duckworth—lewis—stern method in their women's world twenty20 group a game in st lucia on monday. with kirstie gordon taking 3—16 in herfour overs, bangladesh's 76—9 in their 20 overs never looked remotely sufficient. natalie sciver and amyjones made sure england kept well ahead of the required run rate as rain curtailed their knock. after returning from a long break, england wasted no time in reaching their revised target of 64 in just 9.3 overs, for the loss of three wickets, victory coming with a massive 39 balls to spare. you can get all the latest sports news, including the latest from the women's world twenty20, on our website. that is all at bbc.com/sport. but from me, holly hamilton, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.

many of us started the new week with frequent and heavy showers, and that brought some impressive cloud formations. an excellent example of mammatus cloud here in somerset on monday afternoon. we also saw some sunshine, and when you put sunshine and showers together, well, it's a perfect recipe for rainbows. more showers to come through the early hours of tuesday. they will fade away from many southern and eastern areas, and generally become confined to northern england and parts of scotland. a fairly chilly end to the night across the highlands of scotland. and through tuesday morning, there'll still be some showers, particularly for western scotland, north—west england. these will start to fade, and for most it's a mainly dry day. there'll be some spells of sunshine, but cloud will tend to build across northern ireland,

the western islands of scotland, ahead of some rain through the evening. it's a breeze if not windy day. these are average wind strengths through the afternoon, but still quite gusty, particularly for western coasts. temperature—wise, 10—14 celsius through tuesday afternoon, still on the mild side for the time of year. so through the evening, the rain already in the west will slowly start to push its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north wales, north—west england and western scotland. some patchy rain for the midlands, but otherwise for central, southern and eastern england it should stay mainly dry, some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. forall, it's a mild night for scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars so it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain continuing across northern ireland, clearing through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here,

and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry and it is a mild day for all. 13, 16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and we're all in this warm air as we go through wednesday, pulling up from the south. this front is still fringing northern and western parts of the uk, so could just still see a little patchy rain at times, but for most it becomes dry. there'll be spells of sunshine. temperatures above average for this time of year, 1a or 15 celsius. but bear in mind towards the end of the week, although it looks settled, we could well see some mist and fog, and that could be slow to clear. it will change for the weekend to mainly dry mild, light wind, still clearing some mist and fog. a very warm welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley.

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