it all came down to the doubles, ash barty and sam stosur against mladenovic and caroline garcia.french pair were beaten in a deciding rubber in the final three years ago, but this time, they made no mistake. finally enough, they were the team to beat, and they only needed two sets to wrap up their match. —— from the off. a result even they could scarcely believe. for australia, don‘t wait for a title stretches to 45 years. don‘t wait for a title stretches to 45 yea rs. as don‘t wait for a title stretches to 45 years. as for france, they are champion clinic for the third time. —— champions. in the men‘s game, it‘s the end of season tour finals in london, and already a surprise on the opening day where roger federer was beaten in straight sets by austrian dominic thiem. it‘s the second year in a row that federer has lost his first group game with thiem on the front foot for most of the match at the 02 arena. 7—5, 7—5 the final tally. in the same group, no such worries for world number two novak djokovic. he breezed past italy‘s matteo berrettini 6—2, 6—1 in a little over an hour. d

kristina mladenovic and caroline garcia held firm in a tense decider to beat ash barty and sam stosurrd title in the women's team event. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — ben croucher — and the rest of the sport today team, we'll see you soon. hello, once again. after so much wet weather in recent weeks, it looks as though wednesday for much of the british isles is going to start at least on a drier, brighter, colder note. although there's no disguising the fact there is in fact another set of fronts to bring some rain to western areas later in the day. but it's a cold, crisp start — a frosty one for many parts of the british isles. a run of showers over the north sea through south—west scotland to the north—west of england. but as you see, even on into the afternoon, many central and eastern areas will end up with a dry, sunny but not overly warm day. now, temperatures down into single figures. where we will see a significant change to the afternoon is rain getting into northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. and

it all came down to the doubles, which was won by the french pair of kristina mladenovic and carolineeal a 3—2 victory, and deny australia a first fed cup in 45 years. the atp tour finals are up and running in london and there was a surprise as roger federer was beaten 7—5, 7—5 in his opening round robin match. novak djokovic was in imperious form, beating italy's matteo berrettini. rarely troubled by the italian, dropping just two games in the first set, he took the second 6—i — spending a little over an hour on court. rafa nadal makes his bow at the end of season tournament with doubts over his fitness and end of year ranking. the spaniard has been struggling for complete health recently. he's currently world number one, but djokovic has the chance to regain that ranking if he wins all his matches in london. idomy i do my normal calendar, but at the same time, try to put me in a position to fight for it. but let's see, i know i have to be healthy, i know i have to be playing at my 100%, so i need to be my way and play out my 100% since the beginning ifi play out my 100% since the be