monday's action at the nitto atp finals sees novak djokovic face john isner, but before that match, itis year, and is the youngest of the eight finalists in london. here is the story of his year, as described by former us open finalist greg rusedski. the most wins on tour this year, so thatis the most wins on tour this year, so that is impressive, but the expectation level for this youngster is always a lot. a third masters series in 21 years of age, there's very few players that have done that. i think for me that was his best performance of the season. this year was a little bit of a breakthrough for him, making his first quarterfinals of a major in paris. i love the backhand. the backhand is a thing of beauty. i mean, it is one of the best in the business. i think he's got to be aggressive, he's got to be positive. every match is like the finals. you have the best eight players in the world going head to head. if he goes on to win this event, you know,, as you say, that would be an incredible performance. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport.

victory of his fledgling career after seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets to win the nitto atp finalson. the world number one a heavy favourite to win what would have been a sixth finals title, but he was outclassed by 21—year—old zverev, 6—3, 6—4. austin halewood was watching the action. despite beating zverev earlier this week, this was novak djokovic‘s turn to be outclassed. just like the first match, the opening set was too close to call. eight games went with serve, with the german more than holding his own. after dominating all week, djokovic and then lost his serve for the first time in the tournament. his opponent had his chance, and took it. game and first set, zverev. the world number one clearly rattled. two early breaks of serve followed in the second. as he lost his control, zverev showed his star quality. a brilliant match ended just as it again. djokovic fought to the last, but this was zverev‘s night, an outcome few would have predict that. —— predicted. for zverev, this has been a long time coming. he might only be 21, but much has been expected of him since hejoined

at the nitto atp finals in london it was a case of too little too late for dominic thiem. nishikori in straight sets to win his first match of the tournament and keep his hopes alive — but both men failed to reach the semi—finals after roger federer‘s late night win over kevin anderson. anneka radley was watching. roger federer walked onto court in london knowing he only needed to win six games against south african kevin anderson tojoin six games against south african kevin anderson to join him in the semifinals. the first set, both players made their intentions equally clear, staying on serve. the swiss then broke to lead 11—3 but anderson quickly followed suit and levelled score. however better broke the south african in this game to the south african in this game to the delight of his loyal followers. —— roger federer. and then he didn't look back. perhaps with revenge on his mind, remembering his stinging defeat to anderson earlier this year at wimbledon, he won five successive points and took the first set. anderson, who hadn't faced a break point in winning his firs

coming up on this programme: day three at the nitto atp tour finals — and roger federer keeps his dreama 1 world titles — lewis hamilton tells us he's still seeking perfection. and england will be unchanged for the second test against sri lanka in kandy that gets under way in the coming hours. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that roger federer has kept his hopes of a seventh nitto atp tour finals title alive, and a first since 2011, after a straight sets victory over austria's dominic thiem. and kevin anderson is in a strong position to qualify for the last four after beating kei nishikori in the first match of the day. nick parrott was watching. after his defeat to kei nishikori, all eyes were on a roger federer and whether he could bounce back against dominic thiem. the swiss had lost its last two encounters against the austrian, as he made a good start, breaking injust austrian, as he made a good start, breaking in just the third game.

victory of his fledgling career after seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets to win the nitto atp finals

roger federer needs to find his a—game on tuesday when he plays dominic thiem in the nitto atp finalsat happened in his first match at the tounrament. the six—time champion was farfrom his best, as he was beaten in straight sets by kei nishikori. it is not all doom and gloom for federer fans, though. in 2007 he lost his opener and went on to win the tournament. nishikori will play kevin anderson on tuesday. the south african is having a great debut in the event, after beating dominic thiem in their group opener. the atp finals features the world's top eight players, minus world number two rafael nadal and numberfourjuan martin del potro, who are injured. world number one novak djokovic underlined why he is favourite to win the atp finals with a commanding win over john isner in their group opener. the serb was in devastating form as he easily dealt with the big serves of american isner, in a 6—4, 6—3 victory. the match was great, i mean, obviously i managed to have three brea ks obviously i managed to have three breaks of serve ofjohn, which is sometimes mission impossible. but i just

world number one novak djokovic heads out in his second match of the nitto atp tour finals in london.omen's world t20. later on wednesday, world number one novak djokovic plays his second match in the nitto atp tourfinals in london. the serb takes on the bright new thing in the men's game, alexander zverev. both players won their opening matches in this year's tournament, while john isner will play croatian marin cilic in the other game, with both of those looking for theirfirst win. iam i am looking forward to that match, obviously the good thing about this tournament is that you have days in between matches, and you are guaranteed to pay three matches in the group. i have obviously put myself in a very good position in the group with a straight set win, obviously playing at alexander zverev, who also had a straight set win today, so i look forward to them. bangladesh and sri lanka will both be looking for their first win at the icc women's world t20, when they head out to play in st lucia later. sri lanka saw their opening game against england abandoned without a ball being bowled d

novak djokovic is the man to beat at the nitto atp finals in london.l play marin cilic later. the croatian cilic has everything to play for because he can still make the last four, as canjohn isner and alexander zverev in friday's other group match. in case you missed it, spain have missed the chance to be the first team through to next year's uefa nations league finals. they'd have qualified with a win in croatia — but were beaten 3—2 in zagreb. that means if there is a winner between england and croatia in league a group 4 on sunday at wembley then that team will qualify for next year's finals. england were in friendly action on thursday as wayne rooney came off the bench to play his 120th international in a game that raised money for his foundation. the country's record goalscorer failed to find the back of the net against the usa but his team won 3—0. roger federer qualified for the atp finals and also went top of group lleyton hewitt with a straight sets win over kevin anderson. the 27—year—old swiss — a six time winner of this tournament — needed

and who would have predicted novak djokovic would be the man to heat at the season ending nitto atp tour finals? outside the world's top twenty six months ago, the now world number one beat alexander zverev to make it two wins from two at london's 02 which means he qualifies for the semi finals after marin cilic beat john isner in three sets. anneka radley was watching wednesday's action. a few months ago, alexander zverev could have walked onto any court full of confidence. after already securing a first group against marin cilic. but this is a win new novak djokovic and it would take a lot more than what he had to offer to derail him and despite leading djokovic floundering at some points, he couldn't hold his nerve and the first set was the serbian is a topic after a public aid in year of court for novak djokovic with injuries and personal issues that seem to be threatening his success, it would seem the serbian has bounced back in style. it was close in the opening couple of games in the second set, with alexander zverev digging deep to make djokovic earn it. but this isa to make djokovic e

and who would have predicted novak djokovic would be the man to beat at the season ending nitto atp tour finalsverev to make it two wins from two at london's 02 which means he qualifies for the semi finals after marin cilic beat john isner in three sets. anneka radley was watching wednesday's action.

programme, where we start with the tennis news that roger federer has kept his hopes of a seventh nitto atp tour finals title alive, and a first since 2011, after a straight sets victory over austria's dominic thiem. and kevin anderson is in a strong position to qualify for the last four after beating kei nishikori in the first match of the day. nick parrott was watching. after his defeat to kei nishikori, all eyes were on a roger federer and whether he could bounce back against dominic thiem. the swiss had lost its last two encounters against the austrian, as he made a good start, breaking injust austrian, as he made a good start, breaking in just the third game. before the match roger federer had said he wanted to be aggressive. and was just that. the world number three was rather like its old self. and after just three was rather like its old self. and afterjust over half an hour he had the first set and the upper hand. dominic thiem looked like he was trying too hard as he was broken immediately in the second set. it was only with the fit looking inevitable that he finally rose to the occasion, sav