novak djokovic sends a clear message at the atp finals.e west indies, where pakistan need to start winning in the women's world twenty20. they face ireland later, off the back of two defeats. one of those was against arch—rivals india, who beat them by seven wickets on sunday. despite the defeat, pakistan managed to post their highest ever total in the competition. their next opponents, ireland, are the lowest—ranked team in the tournament. roger federer needs to find his a—game on tuesday when he plays dominic thiem in the nitto atp finals. it is not often you see him have an off—day, but that is exactly what 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

roger federer beats kevin anderson in straight sets to qualify for the atp finals in london and the second round of the dp world tour championship tees off shortly as francesco molinari remains on course to win his first race to dubai title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and 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. after a goalless first half, the home side led twice — through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos and sergio ramos. in the 90th minute, jedvaj won it for croatia — to avenge the 6—nil thrashing they suffered in spain earlier in the season — and to keep alive their hopes of qualifying themselves. translation: we were ordered in the end because we were really compact. we were responsible and we were fighting, we did ourjob an

and federerfalls in london, as the swiss is beaten by kei nishikori at the atp finals. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the premier league, and the first manchester derby of the season, where it was an emphatic win for manchester city. goals from david silva, sergio aguero and ilkay gundogan saw pep guardiola's side take a 3—1 victory over united, to put them back at the top of the table, while inflicting significant damage to jose mourinho‘s hopes of even finishing in the top four. the first half, we were not com pletely the first half, we were not completely satisfied. we played a little bit not fluidly. we have two plate, to avoid making mistakes, and the second half we played better. we regained the ball higher and we had the problems in the first half, and after that, the second goal helped us. after that, the second goal helped us. after that we were stable after the 2-1, us. after that we were stable after the 2—1, and after we came in and controlled the game, we made good, good football. elsewhere, liverpool extended their unbeaten premier leagu

elsewhere at the atp finals, jamie murray and partner bruno soares missed out on the final after losinghe third straight year. in the women's super league, bristol city condemned liverpool to a third straight defeat thanks to first half goals from lucy graham and ella rutherford. graham put the home side in front after 16 minutes with this powerful header and they doubled their lead just five minutes later — liverpool keeper anke preuss couldn't hold on to a long—range shot and rutherford was quickest to react for her first goal for the club. liverpool did pull one back, but city held on for the win that sees them climb up to sixth in the league. scotland face albania in the nations league this evening. much of the build up to the game has been dominated by the number of withdrawals from the scottish squad. nine players in total have pulled out but alex mcleish says there's nothing sinister about it. it's just something that it is not an arbor control. it is just a little bit of a freak. nothing sinister. if you're trying to find a story out of this, then there is nothing there. it is j

elsewhere at the atp finals, jamie murray and partner bruno soares missed out on the final after losingo out at this stage of the competition for the third straight year. scotland's nations league match against albania is underway. a win by two goals for alex mcleish‘s side would leave them a point away from winning the group. but he's had to make eight changes to the team, with nine players pulling out of the squad. currently 0—0. in the women's super league, bristol city condemned liverpool to a third straight defeat thanks to first half goals from lucy graham and ella rutherford. graham put the home side in front after 16 minutes with this powerful header and they doubled their lead just five minutes later — liverpool keeper anke preuss couldn't hold on to a long—range shot and rutherford was quickest to react for her first goal for the club. liverpool did pull one back, but city held on for the win that sees them climb up to sixth in the league. let's have a quick look now at some of the day's other sports stories. yamaha's maverick vinyales will start on pole for the final motogp h

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 ask

rafael nadal is out of the atp season ending final, starting in london on sunday.ue to him having at ankle surgery. he will be back at the start of next season. everything else is on the website. until next time, goodbye for now. hello there. the pressure patterns set up across the uk for the next few days will be crucial to how the weather is going to look and certainly feel. we've got a big area of high pressure over the continent, spinning clockwise, and a big area of low pressure over the atlantic, to the west of us, spinning anti—clockwise. and this is driving up southerly winds right across the country, and this mild air moving up from the mediterranean, through france, and across our shores. but as we go through the next few days, this area of low pressure across the west will slowly encroach into our shores, so although it's going to be mild, it will start to turn windier, and there will be outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west. now, early this morning, it's going to be a largely dry start. some mist and murk around from the bonfires and fireworks on t

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

it is the opening day of the atp finals at the 02 arena in of the atp finals at the o2 arena in londonain's jamie murray and his partner, they are a pair who... suarez had reached the finals before. a tie—break, and a match tie—break,10—5. before. a tie—break, and a match tie—break, 10—5. and in the singles, kevin anderson of south africa has done well on his debut and beaten the austrian opponent. that is its first board stay. the —— that is it for this evening. goodbye for now. a few years ago, the lives online started to look really realistic, phoney news sites with convincing stories shared by your friends on social media. 0ne one of the most chilling examples of what fake news could become is deep fa kes, what fake news could become is deep fakes, the term given to artificial intelligence techniques that could swa p intelligence techniques that could swap people's faces in videos, seemingly seamlessly putting them into situations that never happened. we first covered the phenomenon earlier in the year when a user—friendly application made the technique easy and freely available on

coming up on this programme: rafael nadal withdraws from next weeks season ending atp finals in londonherdan shaqiri out of his liverpool squad for the trip to red star belgrade to avoid any distractions. and the race that stops the nation will be run in wet conditions after heavy morning downpours in melbourne. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that rafael nadal will miss next week's season ending atp finals in london after having an operation on an ankle injury. nadal pulled out of the paris masters with a stomach muscle problem leaving novak djokovic to replace him as world number one. the spaniard said that as he was suffering with an injury he would take advantage of the moment and have an operation on his ankle as well which means he's replaced in london by american john isner. he has been troubled, on and off, although not in a serious way, by his ankle.

coming up on your monday sport briefing, world number one novak djokovic starts his atp finals campaignbertadores final and the manchester derby puts city back on top in the premier league. the atp finals continue in london on monday with world number one novak djokovic playing his first match of the tournament againstjohn isner. regardless of his result in london, djokovic will end the season at the top of the rankings, something he admits even he didn't think was likely at the start of the year. it looks quite improbable that i would be in this position, here at number one. not just because would be in this position, here at number one. notjust because of the rankings, i think there was 22. that is because of how i felt on the court, how i played. but there was was part of me to believe they can make it back and a thought was impossible. ijust make it back and a thought was impossible. i just thought that the time it might take more time than i wish it to be. also on monday, england women will play their first match of the world twenty20 in the west indies against bangladesh. their fi

there has been a shock at the atp finals in london.atch roger federer‘s total of six titles. he was playing against alexander zverev in the biggest match of his career after beating roger federer to get to this match. the german took 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

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 on in the t

coming up on this programme: novak djokovic qualifies for the last four at the atp tour finals in london, beating alexander zverev to make it two wins out of two. sri lanka have it all to do against england as they resume on day 2 of the second test in pallekele shortly, on 26 for 1 in theirfirst innings. and francesco molinari heads into the european tour's season ending event knowing only one other can catch him in the race to dubai. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis news, 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 l

this programme: alexander zverev stuns world number one novak djokovic to win the season—ending atp finalsfa 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

roger federer is a six time champion at the atp tour finals.on, too. it is a city where he enjoys lifting trophies. and the crowd love him, too. at 37, many wonderjust how long federer crowd love him, too. at 37, many wonder just how long federer can crowd love him, too. at 37, many wonderjust how long federer can go on. his opponent alexander zverev is tipped as a future grand slam champion and he is looking ever more like one. the german was often inspired, grabbing the first set‘s only break of serve and going on to ta ke only break of serve and going on to take it. then their war —— there was second set drama when a ball boy accidentally dropped the ball behind federer and zverev legitimately stopped playing the point. but crowd didn't like itand stopped playing the point. but crowd didn't like it and the boos echoed around the 02 arena. 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. applause the incident didn't stop his pursuit of this tournament and

djokovic is looking for a first atp finals title since 2015. nieska 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, giles kenningham, who was director of communications for the conservative party. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in and you guessed it — the brexit deal

marin cilic will be a man on a mission on wednesday at the atp finals. as to win his match againstjohn isner to stand a realistic chance of making the semi—finals. cilic has won just one of his nine matches at this event over the years, so has a lot to prove, according to former us open finalist greg rusedski. here's a serve is one of the biggest weapons out there, as well is forehand. he can hit through anybody on the planet. great started here. great six months for him. obviously the finals, is an open, losing to roger federer. the second half he has played quite as much as he would like. it came out with a statement at the beginning of the, i want to be number one, i want to win majors. the was correct. —— the mindset was correct. i think beating novak djokovic quinns was impressive the way he did that. but wimbledon was so disappointing, but way he lost that. he showed us the marin cilic we all know. i had a bit with a friend of mine that he would do well busier. he is my dark horse to look out for. having become just the third formula i driver in his

finalfourfor the final tennis tournament of the season is complete, alexander clenching the final place at the atpe beating john in straight sets set upa five beating john in straight sets set up a meeting with roger federer next. the various fermentations and the round robin group stage of the atp tour finals has caused lots of head scratching and this match between alexander and john isner was no different. hopefully, it tournament debutante is there worked out for him to progress to the semifinals, nothing less than a straight set victory would keep his hopes alive. third seed is that ab knew that 20 —— up when the american with gary hate —— guarantee a spot, and he played a volatile breaker at the final set. despite knowing he lost, he kept battling, but it was alexander who served a break before going onto to serve out the match. at 21 years of age shall be the youngest to reach the final four of the season ending tournament since 2009. so next up are the young german, just the six—time champion roger federer. well before that, he's got to come through final—round without suffering injury at

the season—ending atp finals gets underway in london on sunday with rafael nadal withdrawing on mondayer federer apart in the round robin stage. djokovic, who has returned to world number one, will be in group guga kuerten with alexander zverev, marin cilic and john isner, who replaces nadal, while federer is in group lleyton hewitt along with kevin 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 ar

world number one novak djokovic is bidding to match roger federer‘s record of six atp finals titles. ho's playing in the biggest match of his career. the 21—year—old german beat federer to reach this final. 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

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

it is the opening day of the atp finals at the o2

and federerfalls in london, as the swiss is beaten by kei nishikori at the atp finals.programme. we begin with the premier league, and the first manchester derby of the season, where it was an emphatic win for manchester city. goals from david silva, sergio aguero and ilkay gundogan saw pep guardiola's side take a 3—1 victory over united, to put them back at the top of the table, while inflicting significant damage to jose mourinho's hopes of even finishing in the top four. the first half, we were not com pletely the first half, we were not completely satisfied.

have all the sport — including how alexander zverev booked his place in the semi finals at the atp finals

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.

the draw for the season—ending atp finals in london will be made later on monday with kei nishikori aina'sjuan martin del potro as he hasn't recovered a knee injury. only the top eight players in the world qualify for the event with novak djokovic, rafael nadal and roger federer all in the line up russia's karen khachanov defeated the new world number one novak djokovic to win the paris masters. the 22—year—old beat the i4—time grand slam champion 7—5, 6—4, hitting 31 winners as he pulled off one of the shocks of the year in his final tournament of the season, and claimed his first masters 1000 title. it's one of my biggest titles so far, biggest achievements. and in general, you know, it's a breakthrough season, so this title, it's a good year end. like this, i would say. maybe i'm not crying, but still, i'm really happy. manchester city maintained their charge at the top of the premier league with a thumping 6—1 win over southampton on sunday. raheem sterling scored twice for pep guardiola's side as they emphaticaly beat the saints keeping them two points clear of chelsea and now li

we have a shock win at the atp tennis finals. the 21—year—old has beaten the world number one. has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police, in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds‘ worth of damage. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: the british prime minister theresa may will speak to business leaders in london later today, kicking off what she's described as a "critical week" for the uk. emergency workers in california are still struggling to contain wildfires that have dev

coming up on this programme: novak djokovic qualifies for the last four at the atp tour finals in londoninst england as they resume on day 2 of the second test in pallekele shortly, on 26 for 1 in theirfirst innings. and francesco molinari heads into the european tour's season ending event knowing only one other can catch him in the race to dubai. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis news, and who would have predicted novak djokovic would be the man to beat 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.

day two at the seasonending atp finals in london today — the world number one novak djokovic outliningning victory overjohn isner in straight sets. the serb has had a great year, winning wimbledon and the us open to return to world number one and he sailed through the first set 6-4. the american was completely outplayed by djokovic who took the next set 6—3 to complete an impressive victory in his first round robin match. in the day's first match, germany's alexander zverev beat marin cilic. cilic did have the upper hand in the first set, but 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 we

after an opening round defeat — roger federer recovers to boost his hopes at the atp tour finals.nd after his best season yet, lewis hamilton warns his rivals there's more to come. hello and welcome. his recall to the england squad has divided opinion. today wayne rooney said he's not asking people to agree with the fa's decision to grant him a farewell match against the usa on thursday, but that he was simply looking forward to thanking the fans for their support in his career. england's record goal—scorer faced the media today ahead of his last appearance for his country and our sports correspondent natalie priks was there. the view was a familiar one, two yea rs the view was a familiar one, two years after he last wore it, england's record goal scorer is back in an england shirt. the important thing for me is not whether i wear the armband were whether i play 90 minutes, it is to have the opportunity to poll on the shirt again for that last time and as i keep saying, it certainly will be a special moment. it is an honour that has never been given to another former glen player b

roger federer beats kevin anderson in straight sets to qualify for the atp finals in london and the seconds off shortly as francesco molinari remains on course to win his first race to dubai title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and 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. after a goalless first half, the home side led twice — through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos and sergio ramos. in the 90th minute, jedvaj won it for croatia — to avenge the 6—nil thrashing they suffered in spain earlier in the season — and to keep alive their hopes

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 b

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

terry: in tennis, germany's alexander zverev has stunned novak djokovic to win the atp finals in london. djokovic was the favorite and had not dropped a set in the entire tournament for the semifinal, but he was no match for zverev, the first german to win the prestigious tournament since for specter in 1995 -- boris becker in 1995. 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 followi

roger federer made a disappointing start to his campaign at the atp finals in london. nishikori ofjapan. but don't panic because he could still make it to the final. i will be back with more news stories in half an hour. a bbc investigation has found that russian media & officials presented false claims about a us—funded laboratory in neighbouring georgia. the russian foreign ministry, defence ministry and pro—kremlin media claimed recently that untested drugs were given to georgian citizens at the lab, resulting in a large number of deaths. the us has accused russia of disinformation in order to distract attention away from incidents such as the salisbury poisonings in the uk. as part of our beyond fake news season, steve rosenberg reports from tbilisi. russian tv breaks a story about america. the us army has been experimenting on humans at a secret laboratory outside tbilisi. it sounds dramatic. but is it true? we've come to tbilisi, georgia, to investigate. the source of the russian news story is a former head of georgian state security who fled to moscow. igor giorg

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

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

the opening day of the atp finals in london has produced a big shock, with kei nishikori beating roger the first set on a tie break and claimed the second 6—3. the format is round robin, so federer, who has won the end—of—year tournament six times, could still reach the final. in the day‘s other match, kevin anderson beat dominic thiem and britain‘s jamie murray won his doubles match. that‘s all the sport for now. enjoy the rest of your evening. the governor of california is urging president trump to declare two huge wildfires are major disaster to free up wildfires are major disaster to free up more funding for the emergency response. 25 people are now known to have died and more than 100 are missing. james cook reports. paradise is no more. ravaged by the most destructive wildfires in california‘s history, and one of the deadliest. in the ashes, they toil. their task, distressing and delicate, is to find answers for the living. i have two sons and two grandchildren up there. i can‘t find anything out about them. i don‘t know if they are all right or if they have got out. i have been

2019 for is that chance to win —— reach 100 career titles after eight semi—final defeat at the atp finals, has been tipped by many as a future grandslam champion, 175— seven. you will face either 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 succes

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 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

the atp finals in london continue today with world number one novak djokovic due on court.lows alexander zverev against marin cilic. yesterday, kei nishikori beat roger 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 replace

roger federer is playing dominic thiem in the atp tour finals in london this evening. opening round robin matches. thsi afternoon kevin anderson hammered japan‘s kei nishikori. he won 6—0, 6—1injust an hour and four minutes. the south african is now top of their group after two wins. and jamie murray reached the doubles semi—finals of the atp finals in london for a third successive year. the scotland brazilian partner bruno soares beat colombia‘s juan—sebastian cabal and robert farah 6—4, 6—3. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. lets return to the news that after nearly a year and half of often fraught discussions, british and eu officials have come up with a draft brexit withdrawal agreement. cabinet ministers are being called into downing street individually this evening for discussions with the prime minister. damian grammaticas is in brussels. how does this all look from where you are? the eu side very tight—lipped at the minute, not much has come out because they have invested so much time and effort to work out thes

the 21—year—old german is through to his first atp final after defeating roger federer.

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

the bbc sport website, including details of how novak djokovic and alexander zverev reached the final of atpt. 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 leave voters are

novak djokovic produces a tennis masterclass to beatjohn isner in straight sets at the atp tour finalse 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.