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 earn it. but this is a reignited novak djokovic and sensing weakness in his opponent, he turned the screw. the german took only three points in the final five games. ultimately, he couldn't stop the sheer skill of alexander zverev, who edged closer to a place in the semifinals. that spot however, all relied on the outcome of the match between the big serving american

defeat to alexander zverev in the semi—finals at the season ending atp finals means his bid for a centuryll face either novak djokovic or kevin anderson in tomorrow's final, but the german was left apologising to his rival and the crowd, as paul frostick reports. roger federer is a six—time champion at the atp tour finals. success in london has come eight times at wimbledon too. this a city where he enjoys lifting trophies. and the crowd loved them too at 37 many wonderjust how long federer crowd loved them too at 37 many wonder just how long federer can crowd loved them too at 37 many wonderjust how long federer can go on. his opponent aleksander or two is tipped as a future grand slam champion and he is looking ever more likewise. —— alexander zverev. the german was often inspired, grabbing the first sets only break of serve and went on to take it. then there was some second set drama. when a ball boy accidentally dropped a ball behind federer, alexandeererev legitimately stop playing the point. but the crowd did not like it and the boos echoed around the o2 arena. first of all i want t

coming up on this programme: alexander zverev stuns world number one novak djokovic to win the season—endingtp finals. switzerland overturn a 2—0 deficit to thrash high—flying belgium 5—2 in the uefa nations league. and francesco molinari caps a fantastic season by winning the european tour's race to dubai. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. alexander zverev recorded the biggest victory of his fledgling career after seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets to win the nitto atp finals in london. 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 n

and, alexander zverev has done it! the 21—year—old german is through to his first atp final after defeating roger federer. hello and welcome to world news today. president trump has visited the town of paradise, which has been almost completely destroyed by the inferno. the fire is now the state's deadliest ever wildfire, and 71 people are known to have died. the number of missing has risen to over 1,000. earlier today, the president again blamed the recent fires on forest mismanagement, something that's angered many locals. speaking in paradise, mr trump said the emergency services had been doing a greatjob. this is the kind of destruction, in fa ct, this is the kind of destruction, in fact, they are telling me this is either not as bad as some areas which are even beyond this, they are just charred. 0ne which are even beyond this, they are just charred. one thing we have, we have the greatest people in the world looking at helping the first responders. fema has been incredible. law enforcement, always. they never let

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outside the world's top twenty six months ago, the now world number one beat alexander zverev to makerin cilic beat john isner in three sets. anneka radley was watching wednesday's action.

in the day's earlier game, youth overcame experience, with 21—year—old alexander zverev beating formerc 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 sa

tennis now and germany's alexander zverev has got his atp finals campaign off to a winning start withena. zverev beat his croatian rival 7—6, 7—6. watching the action for us was sue barker alongside former british number one tim henman. tim, ithink tim, i think we had a little clips into the future here, because alexander zverev, probably the most likely young player to win a grand slam at the moment keys absolutely. he has had some fantastic result on the tour. he is busily qualified for this. we are waiting for him to take that next in the grand slam, but he is only 21. we have got to be patient. he showed great maturity today. neither player played their best. lots of and forced errors, zverev talked after the match about how the conditions are pretty fast, ha rd to how the conditions are pretty fast, hard to control the ball, but in the important moments, he was the one who held his nerves, cut down the forced errors. he came out on top. marin cilic will be kicking himself. he almost had a double break, and let him back in. yes, a never took their chances, and you always felt he w

two but alexander zve rev just between these two but alexander zverev just edging it between these twos, they will want to put a roof over the whole island of st lucia because their match against bangladesh is not working good. so far england have not played any cricket at all because this is how it looked for the opening game against shrank. the match abandoned at the weekend. the ball going nowhere. play due to start at eight o'clock tonight but it is dependent on the weather. england have only got one point on the board so far. despite thrashing sri lanka in the first test last week, england still have some issues over the top of their batting order ahead of the second match on wednesday. there's still no confirmation that jonny bairstow will be fit for selection. moeen ali failed twice at number three, and fellow batsman jos buttler says he'd be happy to bat in that position. i think that adaptability that trevor and joe have talked about, being flexible with the order is a real strength and i think it has been a strength of the one—day side for a while now, been able to be flexibl

reporter: alexander zverev was high on confidence, and it showed in the opening stages. after breaking novak djokovic's serve,e,e got a 6-6-4 victory in the all important first set. he turned on the style in the second set with a delightful array of shots. saving hisis best for lalast. >> game, zverev. >> obviously the biggest title that i have ever won. furthehermore, i want to congratulate novak on a great week, not just this week, but the way you played the second half of this year. we have never seen it before. he barely lost -- you really lost a match. i'm grateful you lost once to me. reporter: it is one that he may" in 2019. -- eclipse in 2019. terry: german foreign the three driver has undergone a successful operation on a fractured vertebrae following a crash on sunday. doctors say she had movement in her limbs but will remain in intensive care for observation. the 17-year-old lost contrtrol f her car and plummeted into a phphotographers bunker at a sped of more than 275 miles an hour of a japanese driver, to photographers, and a marshall were taken to the hospi

and game, set and match to alexander zverev as he stuns world number one, novak djokovic, to win the atp finals in london. hello and welcome to world news today. president trump says he's been fully briefed on an audio recording of the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. but he said wouldn't listen to the tape himself, which he described as vicious and violent. the president said he expects a report on who was responsible to be completed by tuesday. the cia was reported to have concluded that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the killing. but mr trump said those reports were premature here's some of what president trump had to say. we have the tape. i don't want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape. why don't you want to? but i've been fully briefed. why don't you want to hear it, sir? because it's a suffering tape, it's a terrible tape. i've been fully briefed on it. there's no reason for me to hear it. in fact, i said to the people, "should i?" they said, "you really shouldn't, there's no reason". i know exactly, i know everything that went

the serb takes on the bright new thing in the men's game, alexander zverev.n 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 due to the weather, and then lost their second match by seven wickets to south africa. while bangladesh are bottom of group a, having suffered consecutive defeats to reigning champions west indies, and then england in a rain affected match. in case you missed it, roger federer recove

world number five alexander zverev will face roger federer next after his straight set victory over johnafternoon. novak djokovic had already booked his place in the last—four and he didn't have much trouble beating marin cilic earlier tonight. the world number one took the first set on a tie break and went on to win the second comfortably 6—2. he'll play kevin anderson on saturday evening. danny cipriani shone on his return from a three—week suspension to help gloucester beat leicester tigers and move up to third in the premiership. in a lively game the best of the tries was saved until last when ollie thorley ran the length of the pitch to score under the posts to help his side win 36—13. steve brown has resigned as the chief executive of the rugby football union, afterjust over a year in charge. he says it was a difficult decision but needs to take some time out. director of professional rugby, nigel melville, will stand in until a replacement is appointed. arise sir kenny — the liverpool legend kenny dalglish says he was humbled to receive a knighthood for his outstanding football ca

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he was playing against alexander zverev in the biggest match of his career after beating roger federertook the first set, the first set that djokovic has lost this week. in the last few moments, the upset was complete, zverev winning the match 6—4, 6—3, the biggest result of his young career. before this, he had only taken three masters titles, but has been tipped by many as a future grand slam champion. great stuff. open champion francesco molanari has won golf‘s race to dubai. molanari could only have been beaten to it if tommy fleetwood had won the world tour championship, but the englishman finished a long way down the leaderboard. the tournament was instead won by his compatriot danny willett — this is his brilliant approach on the 17th in dubai. willet finished on 18 uder par, two clear of the pack. it's his first win since the masters two and a half years ago. it was a tricky old road. it probably won't sink in for a while. with all the ups and downs, injuries and this and that. like i say, the body feels a lot better. there were times i wasn't sure if i would be able to do it a

alexander zverev is also through to the last 16.m germany beat frances taifoe 6—4, 6—4 to seal his place in the third round where he'll face diego shwartzman of argentina. there have been calls for major reforms at the world anti—doping agency from an international summit on doping in sport. the meeting took place at the white house in washington dc, and was attended by representatives of governments, sports bodies and athletes from around the world. our reporter danjohnson was there. this was a major summit on one of the biggest stages and concern was voiced, loudly, clearly, about the way that wada is one full —— run. the meeting also heard from athletes who have missed out on medals because of doping. some who described missed opportunities where they have lost out to drug treat —— cheats. there was a lot of emotion. some broke down in tears. they want to be taken seriously and they want their voice heard at the centre of their voice heard at the centre of the world anti—doping agency. what needs to change? we heard from the head

novak djokovic has beaten alexander zverev in straight sets at the atp tour finals london this afternoon won in straight sets 6—4, 6—1 to take a big step towards the semi finals. djokovic is looking for a first atp finals title since 2015. former world number two agnieska radwanska has announced her retirement from tennis. she reached the wimbledon final in 2012 but was beaten by serena williams. she says at the age of 29, and after 13 years of competitve tennis her body can't live up to her expectations. she says she can't play or train the way she used to. the british olympic ‘s showjumper tim stockwell has died in month after being diagnosed with cancer. he competed in the beijing 0lympics, narrowly missing out on a medal, finishing fourth in the team event. he competed in many events. that burn—out is all from bbc sport ‘s address and. —— bbc sports centre. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, lance price, who was director of communications for the labour party and the political commentator, gi

djokovic is in group guga kuerten alongside alexander zverev, marin cilic and john isner. american isner of course replacing nadal. while in group lleyton hewitt — federer, a six—time former champion at the event has been drawn with kevin anderson, dominic thiem and kei nishikori — who replacesjuan martin del potro. liverpool midfielder xherdan shaqiri will miss the side's champions league game against red star belgrade in serbia on tuesday. he's been left out of the squad in order to "avoid any distractions" that may be caused by his albanian heritage. during the world cup, shaqiri scored for switzerland against serbia and celebrated by making a double—headed eagle gesture, which symbolises the albanian flag. we come here as a football team. we represent one of the biggest football clu bs represent one of the biggest football clubs in the world. that is why we are here, to play football. and we want to focus on that. that's all. because the situation, people know better how the situation is. we decided not to bring xherdan shaqiri. he is our player and he will play a lot

action at the nitto atp finals sees novak djokovic face john isner, but before that match, it is alexander zverevyoungest 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. but from me, holly h

that will be held by novak djokovic, who has been drawn alongside alexander zverev, marin cilic and nadalr federer heads the other group with kevin anderson, dominic thiem and kei nishikori. george burgess will appear at a disciplinary hearing on tuesday after being cited for an incident during sunday's second test against new zealand. the england foward appeared to have his fingers in the eyes of new zealand's captain dallin watene—zelezniak. in rugby union, tom curry has been ruled out of england's match against new zealand this weekend with a "severe ankle injury". he was part of the inexperienced back row that helped england beat south africa on saturday. owen farrell is available, though. on the eve of the first test against sri lanka — england captain joe root says his team will be trying a bolder and more courageous approach to their cricket. england haven't won a test series in sri lanka for 17 years. root says its time for them to try something different — and that players are feeling the competition for places on the team. first, to win over here is not going to be 11 players, i

in the day's first match, germany's alexander zverev beat marin cilic. world number five zerev fought back to take it on a tie break. the second set also went to a tie break, which zerev also won, on a court which he says is proving difficult for the players. definitely one of the critter court is that we have on tour. it's different from paris, paris was fast, but it was low bounce, quick and high bounce, so it is a mixture of both. so all games fit here, but it's tough to find your rhythm on it. let's take a look at some of the other sport stories making the headlines today. samir nasri will undergo a medical at west ham, after a completing an 18 month ban for doping. he was punished for using an intravenous drip which contained more nutrients than the limit allowed. the france international has formerly played for arsenal and manchester city — and its understood he'lljoin west ham for six months — but can sign a proper contract from the first of january. scotland have called up newcastle flanker gary graham for the rest of their autumn tests as an inj

brent: germany's alexander zverev won his opening match at the atp finals in london. youngest player in the top 8 beat marin cilic in straight sets. the colorations po -- the cr oatian's poororm. continueses reporter: alexander zverevv beat cilic in his debut last year but it was cilic that got off to a flying start this time aroround. the croat s stormed into o an ey ththree-game they. but z zverev powered his way bak with a trademark backhandd winner. in an earlrly second set both players dropd s serve. neither could gain the upper hand. and, once again, the set was decided in a tiebreak. zverev dominated. an another backhand winner down the linine earned him fiveatch points. the world number five sealed the tree with his first effort. his 55th match win, more than any other player on tour. brent: cambodia has built the world's longest dragon boat. theree it is. itit is made out of wood, 87 meters long and seats 180 rowers. the previously in his world record was set by china two years ago. cambodian celebrated the picture with a traditional dance and a spin in the bo

the shock result is for alexander zverev that to be the greatest ever tennis player. son. he's been almost perfect at the tournament so far. the 14—time grand slam champion hasn't dropped a set all week. football, and scotland hammered albania 4—0 in the nations league. bournemouth‘s ryan fraser scored the first of the night with a fine curling effort. he was involved in the 4th goal aswell, setting up celtic‘s james forrest to dink the ball up and volley into the back of the net. if scotland beat israel at hampden park on tuesday night they'll be promoted to the second tier of the competition, and also secure a play—off spot for euro 2020. what an afternoon ahead at wembley. it's winner takes all at as england host croatia in the nations league. it's a repeat of the world cup semi final which of course croatia won. if england win today, they'll top their group. lose and gareth southgate's side will be relegated. we are always improving and i think, in those five matches you have seen since the summer, what we have not done is sit on our laurels and say we are happy wi

the 21—year—old german tennis player alexander zverev has won the atp finals in london. number one, novak djokovic from serbia, in two sets. it is the biggest title of the german's fledgling career. east asia has been gripped by an unprecedented rise in myopia, also known as short—sightedness. 60 years ago, up to 20% of the chinese population was short—sighted. today, up to 90% of teenagers and young adults are. education and time spent indoors are to blame for the rising incidence in young people. six countries in asia, including singapore, have seen an increase of 2—3 times the number of young people suffering from myopia just in the last 30 years. earlier i spoke to a professor from the australian national university who explained more of his findings. well, they are alarming because first of all any country with this sort of load of myopia has to be able to provide spectacle correction is for children. this is fine in a country like singapore, which is a wealthy country, but if you think about mainland china, where they are faced with something like a future with i f

djokovic, who has returned to world number one, will be in group guga kuerten with alexander zverev,in anderson, dominic thiem and kei nishikori. in case you missed it, huddersfield town won their first thank you for that. when you think of the artist known as banksy, what comes to mind is likely to be politically—charged graffiti. one of his best—known works is a series of paintings on the side of israel's controversial security barrier. now he has re—created it for a travel fair in london. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. banksy and notoriety go hand in hand, but in a career that is hardly short of controversy, this probably his most controversial work. well, a replica, at least — an installation promoting tourism to the west bank. focusing on this here, this gives an idea about what's going on on the ground in palestine, how palestinians are suffering because of the israeli occupation in palestine. israel calls it a security barrier, a necessary weapon to combat violence and protect its people. the palestinians see it as a symbol of oppression and occupation. banksy has previously o

and we'll have all the sport — including how alexander zverev booked his place in the semi finals attp finals in london. hello and welcome to world news today. the uk prime minister, theresa may, has moved to shore up her government, following widespread opposition to the controversial brexit withdrawl deal she struck with the eu. this evening, she's appointed a new brexit secretary, stephen barclay, after the previous one resigned. mrs may has also won the support of some of her key brexiteer ministers, but she has had to defend herself against further calls from critics to stand down. several conservative mps say they've written letters of no confidence in the prime minister, but it's still not clear if there are enough to trigger a leadership vote. there are some flashing images in this report by the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. imagine, submitting yourself first thing in the morning to this. here in the studio with me, the prime minister. literally taking a call from the public asking you to quit. why do you think you should stay on despite the fact that you have fai

the 21—year—old german tennis player alexander zverev has won the atp finals in london.r one, novak djokovic from serbia in two sets. it's the biggest title of the german's fledgling career. emergency workers in california are still struggling to contain wildfires that have devastated large areas of the state over the last ten days. at least 76 people are now known to have died. authorities say more than twelve hundred people are unaccounted for. president trump has visited the devastated town of paradise in butte county, one of the worst—affected areas. our correspondent dan johnson reports from there. this is a ghost town that cannot lay its souls to rest. so we're on pentz road now, and this is where the brunt of the fire hit. and those sworn to protect life and property here must now assess what is gone. so we're going to go over to check on a property where an 80—year—old woman lived. sergeant rob nichols barely recognises streets he has patrolled for 18 years. all the normal landmarks that you're used to using are gone. there is a new daily drumbeat here, uncoverin

there's more on the bbc sport website, including details of how novak djokovic and alexander zverev reached london. that's it. from me and the rest of the team, have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news with rachel schofield. let's return to our main story, and the leader of the commons has said there is "the potential to improve" the brexit deal, before theresa may presents it to the eu at a special summit later this month. andrea leadsom is believed to be co—ordinating a group of five brexit—supporting cabinet ministers who hope to make changes to the draft withdrawal agreement, which was published by the government on wednesday. she has insisted she is "absolutely committed" to getting the brexit that millions of people voted for, but a foreign office minister dismissed suggestions the deal could be rewritten. earlier i spoke to psephologist professor sirjohn curtice at the university of strathclyde. he told me that voters remain polarised over this draft deal which, he says, pleases no—one. the truth is, if you ask people whether or not they're for or against the deal, remain and

earlier, germany's alexander zverev beat marin cilic, also in straight sets, but it was a much tighter end—of—season finals. real madrid have registered santiago solari as the club's permanent manager. solari took over last month on an interim basis after the sacking of former spain managerjulen lopetegui. the spanish football association doesn't allow a temporary manager for more than two weeks so for now solari remains in charge. for the social story, we are going to return to the atp finals, but nicolas mahut won't thank us. this clip has been getting lots of hits on social media. the frenchman had a day to forget on monday. here he is taking a nasty fall over an advertsing block during his doubles match. he had treatment on his ankle but was able to continue playing. he and partner pierre—hugues herbert went on to lose in straight sets to mate pavic and oliver marach. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but from me, holly hamilton, and the rest of the team here, that is your tuesday sport brief. tributes have been paid to stan lee, who has

alexander zverev stunned world number one novak djokovic in straight sets at the atp finals in londonree masters titles, looked comfortable from the start and took the first set 6—4 before closing it out 6—3 in the second, making him the youngest player to win the season—ending event since djokovic won it at the same age in shanghai back in 2008. as if starring in the ryder cup wasn't enough for him francesco molinari has become the first italian to be crowned europe's top golfer. he won the race to dubai after defending champion tommy fleetwood failed to win the season—ending dp world tour championship. the race to dubai title caps a phenomenal year for molinari, who won his first major at the open back injuly and became the first european player to seal a perfect 5 points in a ryder cup. just very happy and very proud. it has been incredible year and incredible season. i have achieved all i can ask for an even more. in o'connell is literally look at the names on the race to dubai trophy and it is only the top guys. now, how is this for a festive themed prize? the fis world cup slalo

alexander zverev, has been tipped by many as a future grandslam champion, 175— seven.r novak djokovic or kevin anderson in tomorrow's final. they are in action right now and it is looking pretty comfortable for djokovic right now. he took the first set 6—2 and has just dawned 5-2 first set 6—2 and has just dawned 5—2 up in the second. england need three wickets to win the second test against sri lanka and take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. the host need 75 more runs. schleicher work at the 6—3 at one point recovered thanks to an 88 from mathies. two quick wickets put england in control before rain ended the day early. and that is all the sport for now. now on bbc news, talking business. welcome to dubai — home of sunny beaches, big buildings, and even bigger investment. but what about the small and medium—sized businesses? in recent years, this place has transformed itself into something of a silicon oasis, kick—starting many of its local start—ups to international success. but does it have the entrepreneurial dynamism to be a start—up capital for the 21st—ce

novak djokovic has been placed in the same group as alexander zverev, marin cilic and isner.ic thiem and another late replacement, kei nishikori. that is all your sport for now. hello there. the pressure set up across the uk for the next few days is going to be crucial to how the weather is going to look, and certainly how it is going to feel. we've got high pressure over the near continent spinning clockwise in the northern hemisphere and we got this big area of low pressure out towards the west of us anticlockwise, this is bringing southerly winds up from the mediterranean through parts of france and then across our shores. but as we go through the next few days this area of low pressure in the west will slowly encroached in towards our shores so although it will remain mild, with the southerly winds that will turn in india, with outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy, especially across western areas. back to the here and now and tonight it looks largely dry. showery burst of rain across northern england towards scotland. the odd one further south but here it will be mainly dr

his match againstjohn isner follows alexander zverev against marin cilic.oger federer — he took the first set on a tie break and won the second 6—3. the format is round robin, so federer, who's won the end of year tournament six times, could still reach the final. there was pushing and shoving on and off the track as lewis hamilton won the brazilian grand prix. he's already reatined his world title. max verstappen was leading and on course for a superb win until he was taken out by esteban ocon, who was well behind in the race. hamilton took full advantage to take the win and guarantee merecedes the constructors title. verstappen was obviously not best pleased with ocon and after the race sought out the frenchman to shove him a few times in the weighing room. as a result — he's been given two days public service by the sport's governing body. verstappen says he has no regrets. scotland have called up newcastle flanker gary graham for the rest of their autumn tests as an injury replacement for scarlets flanker blade thomson, who is recovering from a concussi

. —— alexander zverev that.e age of 29. she never won a grand slam, but reached the final at wimbledon in 2012 when the she lost to serena williams. she said after 13 years of tennis, her body cannot train the way it used to. the british olympic showjumperjim stockdale has died one month after being diagnosed with cancer. he wrote for great britain more than 50 times, could —— competing at the beijing politics where he narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the team event. it at the world crashing games in 2002 and the european championships in 2009. and that for now is all from the vc sports on. we have got a largely dry, settled thing to the weather, a bit of rain in the north and west during the day on wednesday but for most of us it was dry. this is the picture as the sunsetin was dry. this is the picture as the sunset in 0xfordshire. as we head to the day on thursday, things will stay mostly mild and dry, but that will be more cloud that we had over recent days, but also some sunshine breaking

there was a strange ending to the semis at the atp world tour finals as alexander zverev beat roger federere break after a ball boy dropped a ball at the back of the court. it's all above board and within of the rules of tennis for him to do that but sections of the crowd didn't like it, and they booed him in his post—match interview. zverev will play novak djokovic in the final later today. football, and scotland hammered albania 4—0 in the nations league. bournemouth‘s ryan fraser scored the first of the night with a fine curling effort. he was involved in the 4th goal as well, setting up celtic‘s james forrest to dink and volley into the back of the net. if scotland beat israel at hampden park on tuesday night they'll be promoted to the second tier of the competition, and also secure a play—off spot for euro 2020. and great britain are still without a win at hockey‘s champions trophy in china. having drawn with the hosts in their opening match they lost 2—0 to australia this morning. their next game's against japan on tuesday. that's all the sport for now. president trump has said the us

he's in action right now against alexander zverev, who's playing in the biggest match of his career.inal. it is currently 11—3 to djokovic, currently going with serve, though. these are live pictures from the 02 arena. victory for djokovic would also make him, at 31, the oldest winner of the season—ending tournament. you can watch the match live now over on bbc two. in rugby union, two late tries helped england's women beat canada 27—19 at doncaster. the red roses led at half—time, before tries from kelly smith and then this one from abbie scott sealed the win. it means england stay undefeated this autumn, with a final match against ireland next saturday. champions exeter have gone back to the top of rugby union's premiership with an injury—time win over bristol, in a dramatic match at ashton gate. bristol — who were 11th in the table before kick—off — led 26—12 early in the second half, thanks to this try in the corner from luke morahan. and they almost held on... ..until in the 83rd minute. the chiefs were awarded a penalty try for illegally bringing down this maul. they won 31—29

alexander zverev has stunned world number one novak djokovic at the atp finals in london to take thestraight sets to take the season ending title for the first time. zverev, who has previously wonjust three masters titles, looked comfortable from the start, breaking djokovic in the ninth game of the first set, serving out to take it 6—4. and he took the second set 6—3. it makes him the youngest player to win the title since djokovic won at the same age in shanghai in 2008. england's women will face india in the semi—finals of the world twenty20, after losing against the west indies and finishing second in their group this evening. england struggled after being put into bat and collapsed to 50/6 at one stage, but some lusty blows from sophia dunkley and anya shrubsole helped them set a target of 116. it went down to the final over, but the west indies held their nerve to win by four wickets and set up a meeting with australia in the last four. finally, judd trump has won the northern ireland open after a thrilling 9—7 victory over ronnie o'sullivan in belfast. it was a high quality an

alexander zverev has stunned world number one novak djokovic at the atp finals in london to take theerman won in straight sets to take the season ending title for the first time. zverev has previously won just three masters titles but he swept aside roger federer en route to the final. he looked comfortable from the start, breaking djokovic in the ninth game of the first set, serving out to take it 6—4. that was first set that djokovic had lost this week. and zverev immedietely broke him in the second, leaving the top seed with a mountain to climb, going on to win the second set 6—3. zverev is the youngest to win the title since djokovic won at the same age in shanghai in 2008. and afterwards, zverev paid tribute to the world number one. everybody knows how good a tennis player you are, but i want to mention how good a person you are as well. we had so many talks, not only about tennis but about other stuff, about life. you are also very good sharer in this world. i appreciate you sharing titles with me and matches as well. obviously you could win any match that you want but i apprec

alexander zverev is the surpise winner at the season—ending atp tour finals.t london's o2 arena. the 21—year—old german had beaten roger federer in the semi—finals and takes home almost £2 million in prize money. the open champion and ryder cup star francesco molinari is the first italian to end the year as europe's number one golfer. that was confirmed after the world tour championship in dubai, which was won by england's danny willett. it was his first title since winning the masters two—and—a—half years ago. willett finished two shots clear of another englishman, matt wallace, and american patrick reed. england's cricketers are celebrating their first series win in sri lanka for 17 years. they won the second test by 57 runs, taking the three wickets required on the final day in kandy. jack leach completed a maiden five—wicket haul. they are 2—0 up in the series with one to play. england's women are already sure of a semifinal place at the world t20, they're playing the west indies in st lucia to see who finishes top of their group. the windies are chasing 1

world number five alexander zverev will face roger federer next after his straight set victory over johne world number one took the first set on a tie—break and went on to win the second comfortably 6—2. he‘ll play kevin anderson on saturday evening. and that is all the sports are now, but you can get all our other stories on the bbc sport website and apple. good evening. —— app. time for a check on the weather, it is pretty murky out there, tower blocks disappearing into the low cloud and the mist. however the things will change over the weekend, the merc is going to start a clear. we will see more sunshine, but things will also start to turn chilly and that is a sign of things to come. high pressure is anchored across europe, wins throw around high pressure in this —— clockwise condition will pick up a south—easterly wind, watch the cloud, it will break up with some more dry airing our direction. as we go through the small hours of saturday it will be a lot of mr merc and low cloud, the fog patch, however by the end of the night the cloud will start to clear from east angular into the

alexander zverev has reached the final of the atp finals in london after beating roger federer in straightin action now. the german took the opening set 7—5, comfortably breaking federer in the decisive game. but there was controversy in the second set when zverev asked for a point to be replayed because a ball—boy had dropped a ball, distracting him mid—point. watch the ball boy here behind federer. it was all by the rules but zverev went on the win the tie break went on to win the tie break but was booed at the end by the crowd! first of all i want to apologise for the frustration when the ball boy dropped the ball. it is in the rules we have to replay the point. i'm a little bit upset about the whole situation and how it all ended because this was not how i wanted it to end. i hope i will have many more great matches here and maybe... i don't know what to say, i'm sorry. that match between djokovic and anderson is under way. djokovic breaking kevin anderson in the first game. that's all the sport for now. you're watching bbc news. the former bbc newsreader richard baker has died. he was

alexander zverev will face roger federer.ill play kevin anderson. arise sir kenny — the liverpool legend kenny dalgliesh says he was "humbled" to receive a knighthood for his outstanding football career and helping fans after the hillsborough tradgey. asi as i say, if somebody in their wisdom wants to do this, then you will not object to it, but it is harassing. it is very humbling, but iam very harassing. it is very humbling, but i am very proud, as well. it is very humbling, but i am very proud, as well. after a golden games for britain's women hockey players in rio, it's been a tough two years since. the squad has been torn apart by injury, retirement and a lack of coaching continuity. now their motivation is even being questioned. but as they prepare for their first match as gb since the olympics at the champions trophy in china, the players say they're focused and ready. things said and whether they are meant in the way they said, whatever, who knows? we will not get hung up on things like that. that will be detrimental

world number one novak djokovic will play alexander zverev in the final of the season ending atp tour he beat south african kevin anderson in straight sets 6—2, 6—2, at the o2 arena this evening. djokovic is one short of roger federer‘s record of six titles in this tournament. earlier, zverev took the opening set against federer 7—5 — comfortably breaking the swiss in the decisive game. but there was controversy in the second when the german asked for a point to be replayed because a ball—boy had dropped a ball — distracting him mid—point. watch the ball boy here behind federer. it was all by the rules but zverev went on the win the tie break and was booed at the end by the crowd! first of all, i want to apologise for the situation at tiebreak. i mean, the ball boy dropped the ball, so mean, the ball boy dropped the ball, so it is any rules that we have two replay the point. as i said, i am a little bit upset now about whole situation and how it ended. it is not how i wanted it to end. but obviously i hope i will have many more great matches here at and, maybe, i don't know what to sa

cilic has everything to play for because he can still make the last four, as canjohn isner and alexander zverevave 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 to take at least one set to guarantee his place but he won both against the south african who had already qualified ahead of this contest. winning me help me of course, coming into the match a little bit more re

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there was a strange ending to the semis at the atp world tour finals as alexander zverev beat roger federer play in the tie break after a ball boy dropped a ball at the back of the court. it's all above board and part of the rules of tennis for him to do that, but sections of the crowd didn't like it — and they made their feelings known when zverev spoke to annabelle croft after sealing the win. first of all, i want to apologise for the tie—break. the ballboy dropped ball, it is in the rules that we have to replay the point. i am not sure why you are all booing, he is telling the truth, the ballboy moved across the court and disrupted the play, i think you have to be a little bit more respectful. it is just unfortunate circumstances. these things happen. booing, i never like it, we see it in other sports, in tennis it is rare so when it happens you feel it is really personal and we take it very direct and i think it is unfortunate that this happened. sasha doesn't deserve it. zverev will play novak djokovic in today's final at the 02 after the world number one comfortably beat south africa'

alexander zverev has reached the final of the atp finals in london after beating roger federer in straightpening set 7—5, comfortably breaking federer in the decisive game. there was controversy in the second set, however, when zverev asked for a point to be replayed, a ball—boy had dropped a ball, distracting him mid—point. watch the ball boy here behind federer. zverev went on the win the tie break, but was booed at the end by the crowd. first of all i want to apologise for the frustration when the ball boychuk the ball. it is in the rosalie had to replay the point. i'm a little bit upset about the whole situation and how it all ended because this was not how i wanted it to and. i hope i will have many more great matches here and may be... i don't know what to say, i'm sorry. meanwhile, jamie murray and partner bruno soares missed out on a place in the final after losing to american pair mike bryan and jack sock. at one set—all it went to a championship tie—break, the first to ten points and they lost that 10—4. that's the third year in a row that they've lost in the semis. danny willet

alexander zverev goes through. novak djokovic is also through. described a correspondent in fairly derogatory terms. he then had his pass was drawn. it looks as though had his pass was drawn. it looks as thouthim had his pass was drawn. it looks as though jim acosta had his pass was drawn. it looks as thouthim acosta will be back in the white house after that ruling from a judge in the us. we‘ll have more reaction to that later on. welcome back to westminster — another turbulent day for the prime minister. hanging in the balance — notjust mrs may‘s fragile agreement setting out the terms of britain‘s departure from the european union, but her own political survival. she remains defiant, in spite of attempts by members of her own party to remove her. let‘s get the thoughts of jessica elgot, political correspondent for the guradian, and the sun‘s political editor, tom newton—dunn. this morning the sense was there would be 48 letters in the hands of sirgraham would be 48 letters in the hands of sir graham brady would be 48 letters in the hands of si

alexander zverev beat the world number one novak djokovic in straight sets to claim the title, and and's women will play india in the semi—finals of the world twenty20, that's after losing to the west indies. it went down to the final over of the match but the hosts just did enough. they now play australia in the semis. lots more coming up in the next few minutes. loads of sport over the weekend to tell you about in the newspaper review. are you ready for me? yes, ijust got some peanut butter in an inappropriate area! just cleaning it away! good job naga spotted that before you came back to me! don't tell me. it is quite chilly this week, isn't it? and the wind factor will make it even more cold. i'm not going to say anything because carol always tells me off for saying stuff. it's going to be cold? the worst thing about being a weather presenter is someone is a lwa ys weather presenter is someone is always trying to steal your thunder. iam always trying to steal your thunder. i am trying to steal yourjob, never mind your thunder. most of the time thatis mind your thunder. most of th