the norwegian claiming victory by one stroke. china s zhao xintong claimed his first ranking title by winning the uk snooker championship with a 10 5 frames victory over belgium s luca brecel. both players were in their first triple crown final, and the 24 year old narrowly failed to finish with a century break. zhao becomes just the fourth non british player to win the event also moving 9th in the world rankings, and that means he s secured a place in the masters tournament in london next month having moved into the top 16 in the world. the russian tennis federation secured the davis cup title after daniil medvedev defeated croatia s martin cilic in the second singles rubber in madrid. andrey rublev won the opening match of the final and then medvedev ended the russian s 15 year wait for the trophy as they took an unassailable lead. it s their third davis cup title overall after lifting the trophy in 2002 and 2006.
while aston villa move up to 10th place after a 2 1win over leicester city. and spurs continued their positive league form under antonio conte with a 3 0 win against norwich. chelsea have won the women s fa cup in a delayed final against arsenal at wembley. the 3 0 victory for emma hayes s side, which was played out in front of a crowd of over 40,000, means chelsea have completed their first domestic treble in england after also winning the women s super league title and the league cup last season. a huge achievement for the chelsea boss, emma hayes. imean, the i mean, the thing we are treble winners, amazing achievement, it really is. you cannot ask for anymore from the players. i am acutely proud of them, the staff, the club. we have built this team over a long period and i think today why we are champions. australia have picked their starting xi to take on england, three days away from the opening ashes test in brisbane. following the news earlier this week that alex carey would rep
that travis head had been picked ahead of usman khawaja to bat at number five. england have yet to pick their team but captainjoe root said all options were open. the russian tennis federation has won the davis cup after victories in the singles from both daniil medvedev and andrey rublev. rublev, who is the world numberfive, had given the russian tennis federation the lead over croatia with a straight sets win over borna gojo in the opening singles in madrid. the second singles match was between the current us open champion, medvedev, and the 2014 us open champion, marin cilic. medvedev beat cilic 7 6, 6 2 to give the russian tennis federation an unassailable 2 0 lead over croatia and a third davis cup title. zhao xintong has beaten luca brecel in the uk snooker championship 10 5