and makes his final group game very interesting. and we'll show you how italy's assunta legnante won a second gold at the world para athletics championships. welcome along, wherever you're tuned in around the world. who predicted this, then? a group containing novak djokovic and roger federer and after playing both of them — it's dominic thiem who's already through to the last four at the world tour finals in london. he followed up sunday's win over federer with a dramatic win over djokovic in the last few hours. paul frostick reports. this was the day that austrian dominic thiem would now prove he is a top layer on all surfaces. not many can take novak djokovic all the way, and in a dramatic first is that, it looked as though this would play out as standard, the 16 time

grand slam champion taking it on a tie—break. but, it was actually the server who started the second is that with something of a lull, and as theim blasted countless winners, he struggled to react. resilience is the only word to sum up sat three, the only word to sum up sat three, the match swung back and forth but it would be again be a tie—break to decide it. theim was the resilient one, 4—1 down, he rose from the jaws of defeat to take a memorable win. having already downed roger federer, this was a powerful display. he now has a semifinal to look forward to. paul frostick, bbc news. roger federer is still hoping tojoin thiem. he's got a winner—takes—all final round robin match with djokovic to look forward to after coming through against matteo berrettini in tuesday's early match. watching this one for us was austin halewood.

a last walk before a possible early exit, day three of the world tour finals, but already winner takes all. although, unfortunately for matteo berrettini, roger federer stood in his way. the grand slam champion was comfortably beaten in his first match, but federer wasn't leaving london quietly, his touch definitely back. italian matteo berrettini has risen over 100 places in the world rankings over the last two years. and it was clear to see why as he forced a first that tie—break. but that is where federer is at his best, so cool and so clinical when it matters most. the world number three with the first that. the italian was threatened by federer in little over an hour at wimbledon this year, his improvement over the last few months was clear to see but still, the suisse had the edge. his game to control, to precise and in the end, just too

good. matteo berrettini see not in straight sets. i had a day off. i mean, there are plenty of ways to get rid of that loss. just hanging out with your kids will do that for me. so that's what we did and we had a good time as a team. we tried not to think about it too much. i should ta ke to think about it too much. i should take the positives out of the mouth with dominic, i was ready, i was prepared today and that is what matters the most. 50 a record extending matters the most. so a record extending seventh title is still very much a possibility. federer back on track. and this is what tuesday's results mean for the group. thiem definitely through as he's playing matteo berretini next. djokovic and federer level on one win each. whoever wins will progress to saturday's semifinals. so whilst the likes of federer and djokovic slug it out in london, one man is quietly plotting his way back to the top. three years ago andy murray won the finals and ended 2016 as world number one. after two years blighted by hip problems, he's back playing again

and even at 32 he's feeling optimistic about the future. even, like, i want to say like, six 01’ even, like, i want to say like, six or seven weeks before antwerp, the conversations i was having with my tea m conversations i was having with my team were like, you know, i'm not sure, like, i'm not sure where i can get to and i wasn't videos of myself playing in majorca and i was like, i didn't really like what i was seeing. i mean, my expectations of myself and staff are always too high. and something that i've always tried to kind of reduce those expectations a place on myself. but ultimately, like, what i've learned over the last couple of years, i don't really, like really care about rankings. i don't really care about, like, winning tennis competitions.

like, it's nice. it's brilliant to do that. but actually, i really enjoy playing tennis, like, i like it. and that's what i've done my whole life and if i could do that pain—free and be competitive then i'm just going to enjoy doing that. i don't need to set a target of top ten or trying to make the semis in a grand slam or anything like that because i have done all of that before. when i go on the court against all of the players i want to feel like i have a chance of winning. i know if i played against top players in the world tomorrow there would be a very small chance of me winning at maths but i do feel like i could do that. whereas like they say, even seven or eight weeks ago i would not have felt that was the case. and if i continued along that path than i probably wouldn't have continued playing. the euro 2020 qualifiers continue on thursday. italy have to wait until friday to take on bosnia, safe in the knowledge that they've already assured themselves a spot in the tournament. so a chance to try some different players, maybe?

how about mario ballotelli? the italian fa president wants to see the return of the enigmatic striker, but after scoring just twice for brescia so far this season the italy manager wants to see more. translation: i care a lot about mario ballotelli. and the most important thing to me is if he is cold onto the national team it is because he is doing well and can help the team. i the president thought about calling him up but we need to understand what is the real reason. perhaps there will be other chances for him because he will deserve it for his play. i think thatis deserve it for his play. i think that is the most important thing. the racist incident was a definite situation. it seems to me people are struggling to understand these kind of things. it is still 2019 and people are still talking about the colour of people's skin. u nfortu nately, colour of people's skin. unfortunately, it is not a simple thing to change for some people. the women's euros aren't until 2021 but qualifying is well underway. the netherlands have already played

six qualifiers and won the lot. the latest a 4—1 triumph at home to slovenia. italy and denmark also have 100% records in group b. three different players scored hattricks as the danes thrashed georgia 14—0. austria put nine past kazakhstan. a hatful for switzerland and belgium, too. all the scores can be found on the bbc sport website. formula 1 has launched a plan to become carbon—neutral by 2030. the plan is to wipeout the carbon footprint of activity at race tracks, including road and air transport of staff and equipment. it also plans to eliminate single—use plastics and ensure all waste is reused, recycled or composted. f1 says it will "move to ultra—efficient logistics and travel and 100% renewably powered offices, facilities and factories." china continue to head the way at the world para athletics in dubai but some remarkable stories from day six, including chilean shot—putter francisca mardones, who won gold and broke the world record in the f54 shot—put. her father passed awayjust days before the competition

got under way. also victorious in the field was italy's assunta legnante, who added f11 discus gold to f12 shot—put win from friday. as for the evening, brazil and cuba had many reasons to celebrate too as kate grey can tell us. it's been a note to rememberfor the brazilian team, leading home a brazilian team, leading home a brazilian one, two, three in the 100 metres here. washington junior took the silver. it was quiet the party atmosphere here at the end. it was his second championships, his already won the 400, now to 9100 metres to his name. anna prevelly was the international paralympic committee president that was here ——

and interestingly. and tamara durant from cuba, she has won three gold in three events. this time it was any 200 metres and her career has lasted ten years. she has been unbeaten over that period of time. to a brilliant night for her and i'm sure much more to come here in the by, tomorrow. —— in dubai. let's finish on tennis. french president emmanuel macron welcomed france's fed cup champions to the elysee palace on tuesday to congratulate them on their victory. the country's first in the competition in 16 years. the french defeated hosts australia in the final in the decisive doubles rubber in perth on sunday. kristina mladenovic and caroline garcia held firm in a tense decider to beat ash barty and sam stosur at the perth arena to secure france's third title in the women's team event. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — ben croucher — and the rest of the sport today team, we'll see you soon.

hello, once again. after so much wet weather in recent weeks, it looks as though wednesday for much of the british isles is going to start at least on a drier, brighter, colder note. although there's no disguising the fact there is in fact another set of fronts to bring some rain to western areas later in the day. but it's a cold, crisp start — a frosty one for many parts of the british isles. a run of showers over the north sea through south—west scotland to the north—west of england. but as you see, even on into the afternoon, many central and eastern areas will end up with a dry, sunny but not overly warm day. now, temperatures down into single figures. where we will see a significant change to the afternoon is rain getting into northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. and just be advised that in the more intense burst over the moors to the south—west, and the brecon beacons you could well end up with a covering of snow.

here we are on into thursday, that same band of weather still producing an awful lot of rain over the southern counties. and as the day progresses, so this more southern future isjoined by a more northern feature and that's the concern, because the rain looks set to return to some of the flood—affected areas. there are already met office warnings out and available on our website. from thursday on into friday, the big area of low pressure, still close by over the near continent, and it's still a north to north—easterly feed off a cold north sea that will generate an awful lot of cloud across the greater part of england, wales and maybe the southern parts scotland, too. and enough about the cloud for there to be the odd bit and piece of rain. the best of the sunshine across much of northern and western scotland, through northern ireland, the western side of wales, maybe down into the west country as well. but again it is a cold — and underneath those weather fronts — a miserable, dank sort of day. here we are at the start of the weekend. what's changed 7

really, not very much at all. the low pressure ever closer toward the south—eastern quarter, still the onshore feed into the eastern side of the british isles. there's still the suggestion of enough cloud for there to be bits and pieces of rain falling from that. no great intensity but of course any rain into some areas is not very welcome at all. here we are as far ahead sunday, no signs of mild air creeping its way towards the british isles, so sunday is another dank, chilly sort of day. the best of the sunshine perhaps behind a more westerly feature here, out into parts of northern ireland, and still that stripe of thicker cloud all the way from the north—east of england, down through wales, the midlands and on towards the south—west. and again, single figures are the order of the day. so, further rain to come, some hail and snow, often windy and a bit cold, too.

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