russia bp holders croatia 3—0. denmark hold on in ireland to seal their qualification for the european championship finals. and despite missing out on the rugby world cup title, england head coach eddiejones speaks to us about why he believes his side can still dominate the sport. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's being called the world cup of tennis, with 18 countries involved. the davis cup finals have got underway in spain with a brand new format. more on that in a moment, but there's already been a big upset with italian world number 12 fabio fognini beaten by canada's vasek pospisil, who's ranked 150th in the world after recovering from back surgery. korin kashanov one his match against coric, making it a 3—0 victory. canada pulled off a big shock by beating italy.

there was a scare for world number 11 david goffin who dropped the first set, but fought back to beat colombia's daniel galan in three sets. it gave belgium a 2—0 lead after they won their opening singles match as well. welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories: colombia playing at the top level of in hong kong, younger activists are led out of the besieged 00:01:28,924 --> 2147483051:37:29,177 university campus, 2147483051:37:29,177 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 but a hundred protestors remain. tennis for the first time, won the double match. all that action only took place after this opening ceremony in madrid, with rafa nadal taking part for the hosts spain. it's the first year the davis cup is seeing this format, with 18 countries split into six groups of three, with the group winners and two best placed runners up into the knockout stage. great britain's andy murray says he'll only give his thoughts on the revamp once the tournament's over. for years, men's tennis has been dominated by federer, nadal, and djokovic, with andy murray getting a look in for a while too,

but could a new generation of younger players finally be set to topple the old guard? in london on sunday night, 21—year—old stefanos tsitsipas beat dominic thiem to become the youngest winner of the season finale since 2001. now the question is, will that translate into grand slam titles in 2020? patrick gearey reports. perhaps finally, the future is here. stefa nos perhaps finally, the future is here. stefanos tsitsipas, final champion, 21 stop in the face of tomorrow's world, generation of young men expected to take over from men's tennis‘s old masters. the revolution has been on hold until now.” tennis‘s old masters. the revolution has been on hold until now. i feel like my game is getting better over time, time, and i believe i am really close on being crowned champion. i know these are strong

words that i say, but i do feel like i belong to be there. tsitsipas was the youngest man playing at the event, and in the semis, knocked out the oldest, may be the greatest, roger federer. his opponent, dominic thiem beat both fetter and novak djokovic, while alexander conquered raphael the dale. for those who stood so long at the summit, there isa stood so long at the summit, there is a feeling something is happening beneath them — nadal. is a feeling something is happening beneath them — nadalli is a feeling something is happening beneath them - nadal. i look at the list of world number one, who has been well number one all these yea rs, been well number one all these years, and it is always one of us, but we're not younger, and chances increase, not because we get worse, but because they get better. although frederik did not win a grand slam this year, novak documents and nadal12 each. all of them have one in the past three yea rs, them have one in the past three years, and they make up the top three ranking places as they did in 2018. how much can we read into one week in london? we still had the big

three. they didn't really deliver this week but what is so exciting is that next generation, they have been banging on the door, and to see tsitsipas get the biggest title of his career is very exciting. he will know this event is not always a good predictor of the year to follow none of the three kings has wanted since 2015, yet normal service is presumed in the slams. ultimately it is what happens over five sets in melbourne, paris, wimbledon and new york that will decide whether we remember this november as a breakpoint taken. denmark have sealed their place at next year's european championship finals after holding on for a draw in their final group qualifier against the republic of ireland. martin braithwaite's goal on 73 minutes gave denmark the lead and although ireland equalised with five minutes to go they'll have to play in a play off. spain, who had already qualified

beat romania 5—10. manager robert moreno didn't do any of his media comittments afterwards and a press conference has been called for tuesday, fueling speculation that former boss luis enrique is about to return. switzerland finished as winners of that group because of their 6—1 win in gibraltar. sweden beat the faroe islands three zero. italy made it 10 wins out of 10 after a 9—1win over armenia in group] — they've now had the longest winning streak in their 109 year history. finland, already assured of automatic qualification, lost 2—1 degrees. — two greece. the american remi todd has picked up his second consecutive pga tour win with the victory at the classic in mexico. he ended a five year wait for a tour victory in bermuda earlier this

month. he is the first back—to—back winner since bryson last year. alex wa kez winner since bryson last year. alex wakez will be joining his winner since bryson last year. alex wakez will bejoining his big brother mark at the honda team, replacing jorge lorenzo who has retired. mark clinched his sixth motogp title. english premier championships saracens won't contest the 35 point reduction and the £5 £2 million fine for breaking the salary cap. it's been just over two weeks since the rugby world cup, when south africa were crowned champions for the third time. england head coach eddiejones has since admitted making mistakes in his side's defeat in his new autobiography. he's been here in the bbc sport centre discussing how england dealt with losing a final they were favourites to win, and what he plans to do next.

we have a young squad, the youngest tea m we have a young squad, the youngest team to play in a world cup final, so team to play in a world cup final, so there is still some growth in those players, but we also have to bejudicious and those players, but we also have to be judicious and making sure we select going forward, not going backwards. i think the thing you can do is when you have had a successful team, hang on players for a little bit too long, and i will be very strongly making sure that players that stay in the team for the six nations are players who want to take the team forward, not look backwards. i know you will say you will only concentrate on your team and your players but you must be aware that some of your main rivals are going through a bit of a transitional period as well with ireland, new zealand, scotland, wales, all of these nations coming to the end of their cycle, and arguably that could play into england's hands. it's a great opportunity, a great opportunity for

england rugby to be a powerhouse of world rug by england rugby to be a powerhouse of world rugby and that is what we will do. before i ask about some of the otherjobs do. before i ask about some of the other jobs you have do. before i ask about some of the otherjobs you have had, but i will ask, how will you get over that final defeat. you said drink a lot of beer. we had a couple of days where we enjoyed ourselves, it was good fun. it was nice to see the players relax and enjoy what they have done, because as you know, when you lose a final everyone comes down hard, everybody knows what you should have done, and they really enjoyed what they did do which was play some good rugby. you have a lot of people watching but for you personally, what is your ultimate ambition? ultimately i want to coach the perfect game. have a team go out there and play the game absolutely perfectly. imagine from the first minute and 88, being in control of the game, control of the possession, when they get the ball you are getting the ball back quickly, taking all the opportunities, and you see this team playing like an

orchestra, the most brilliant orchestra, the most brilliant orchestra where everything is in synergy, everyone is working together, no—one has ever done that for 80 minutes. that was eddie jones talking tojohn watson early us. before we 90, tojohn watson early us. before we go, don't say we just focus on the big sports, we will finish from action in the rubuk‘s cube world cup final. whoever completes the puzzle fastest is crowned the winner. most normal people it will take hours, days, weeks, maybe even months to complete, but not so. these other pros, max parker of the united states winning the men's category whilejulia states winning the men's category while julia sebastian states winning the men's category whilejulia sebastian of france took the title in the speedy queue female category. — speed cubing. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. all the results from the davis cup and the euro 2020 qualifiers.

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. the largely dry and sunny conditions of the next few days will be very welcome across much of the country, particularly for england and wales which has seen so much rainfall over the past few weeks. this morning we're starting off on a cold, frosty note with some fog around. some of it could be quite dense. it looks like it will stay sunny for many areas through the day. a ridge of high—pressure bringing these fine, settled conditions. this weather front pushing into western areas means that temperatures will be starting on such a cold note, as they will be further north and east. perhaps —9 or —10 degrees in one or two spots in scotland and around —5, —6 for northern england, so a bitterly cold start of the day with a hard frost across the country. dense fog patches through the midlands into southern england, wales, could cause some issues through the morning. they'll tend to lift into low cloud, perhaps drift northwards into parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire, spoiling the sunshine a little bit here.

for most it will be cold and sunny. this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain into parts of northern ireland, western fringes of wales and into the south—west of england where there it will be less cold here, but another chilly day for all. 0n into tuesday night, picking up more of breeze from the south, so although it starts off cold, by the end of the night, it looks like rural frost will be limited more towards scotland and the north—east of england. still actually start for wednesday. variable amounts of cloud with spells of sunshine too. this weather front across the west will be producing spells of rain for northern ireland, perhaps western wales and in towards the south—west of england. but most places should be dry. temperatures reaching 10 degrees, belfast, plymouth, but still single values elsewhere. now into thursday, subtle change as this area of low pressure, this weather front, just wiggles a bit further east. it could introduce outbreaks of rain through thursday to western parts of england, wales, northern ireland and perhaps south—west scotland. could see just one or two showers

moving up the east coast affecting the north—east of scotland. these will be wintry on the high ground. a breezy day with the wind blowing up from the south—east. again temperatures reaching double figures across the south, maybe 11 or 12 in plymouth. single figures elsewhere, will remain fairly chilly. and dry and bright with sunshine. as we head into the latter parts of the week and into the weekend, low pressure skirts by southern parts of britain and heads on into the central mediterranean but another low pressure system will push into western parts of the country through the weekend, perhaps into the start of next week, bringing very mild air to our shores but also could push some rainfall across more central and eastern parts of the country as well 00:12:41,184 --> 2147483051:43:05,307 so turning a bit more unsettled 2147483051:43:05,307 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 into the weekend.