time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in melbourne. - well, 35 degrees in melbourne. today, a hot start to the weekend but it will be cooler and wetter on sunday. on the north island of new zealand they are crying out for drier weather right now. they had an absolute value which earlier on friday, water waste deep, the airport flooded, because nearly submerged under a state of emergency has been declared. they have had a record daily rainfall for auckland of around 261 millimetres, equating to around eight summer s worth of rain in one day so if you know anybody in this part of new zealand and they tell you it has been white, now you know how wet. our weather is not conducive to much rain at the moment because we have a finger of high nosing and across the uk, fingers and noses?! we have a weathe
novak djokovic will face stefanos tsitsipas in the australian open final on sunday. djokovic beat american tommy paul in straight sets, while tsitsipas had a four set win over russian karen khachanov. meanwhile, it s an incredible 16th grand slam doubles title for britain s alfie hewitt and gordon reid, and a fourth successive one in melbourne. it took them just over an hour to sweep aside their dutch opponents maikel scheffers, and ruben spaargaren, 6 1, 6 2. hewett, now has to prepare for the singles final tomorrow when he ll play 16 year old tokito oda ofjapan. rory mcilroy enjoyed what he called a pretty wild 45 minutes at the rain delayed dubai desert classic this morning mcilroy completed a first round six under 66 with two birdies and a stunning eagle on the eighth. for a time he shared the lead with the usa s patrick reed. because of the rain his second round will get under way in the eraly hours