Andy Murray can now focus solely on the Davis Cup final after defeat to Stan Wawrinka saw him exit the ATP World Tour Finals, while Scotland and Eve Muirhead opened up their European Championships assault with defeat. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours:
Andy Murray conceded individual errors had proved his undoing at this year’s ATP World Tour Finals as he exited the competition after defeat to Stan Wawrinka.
Both players went into the match knowing victory would book their spot in the semi-finals in London where they would face Roger Federer.
But as it was it was Federer’s Swiss compatriot Wawrinka who came through after triumphing 7-6 6-4 against the British number one.
Murray hit 22 winners over the course of the one hour and 53 minute match but crucially he was guilty of 30 unforced errors – the latter statistic having also troubled him in his loss to Rafael Nadal in the previous match.
"My timing wasn't there certainly the last few days," Murray said.
"I made way too many errors the last two matches. Everyone obviously can make mistakes, it's just more on easy shots, cheap errors.
"That's something for the most part of this year I haven't been doing."
Skip Eve Muirhead conceded Scotland had been too slow to find their rhythm as they lost to hosts Denmark 7-2 in their opening round-robin game of the 2015 European Championships in Esbjerg.
The Danes started with last stone advantage and a good double take-out by Muirhead in the opening end forced the Danes to blank.
But she was not able to repeat the trick in the second with her miss letting in Denmark's Lene Nielsen to score two and a lead that she never gave up.
At the half-way stake the Danes led 5-1 while the Scots blanked the sixth and then could only hit out for a score of one in the seventh end before conceding after the eighth when their opponents scored another two.
"We just never seemed to get into that," said Muirhead. "They played well in the first few ends and we just took too long to get into it.
"We struggled a bit with the weight and took too long to get a bit of momentum going."
World champion Giles Scott admits he will have a challenge on his hands if he wants to successfully defend his title at the Finn Gold Cup next week.
Scott will be aiming to add a third world title to his 2011 and 2014 victories when he starts his competition in Takapuna, New Zealand on Tuesday November 24.
A total of 28 nations are set to compete in the five-day regatta with national and individual Olympic qualifying berths at stake.
Scott, 28, already has a place for Rio 2016 after his Team GB spot was confirmed in September although he knows that many others will be desperate to leave their mark.
"The Gold Cup is the event that any Finn sailor wants to win every year and this year is certainly no different, especially being a year out from the Games," said Scott.
"It will arguably be the strongest fleet of the cycle and will be a very tough-fought week for sure. I'm excited to get the racing underway and hopefully Takapuna can bring some good racing conditions for us.
"There are a couple of very good Kiwis here who've done an awful lot of sailing here at Takapuna, and then there's a group of ten or so guys who are certainly capable of winning the week. It'll be incredibly hard fought – no different from any other regatta!”
Cyclist Hannah Barnes will ride for the newly-formed Canyon//SRAM team in next year's inaugural UCI Women's WorldTour circuit.
Barnes, who has spent two seasons with American team UHC-Healthcare, won the white jersey for the best young rider at this year's Women's Tour.
"It's been really good in America but I'm happy to come back to Europe," said the 22-year-old from Northamptonshire.
"My whole goal for 2015 was to get some good results and then come back here."
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning have been named as World Female Crew of the Year by rowing’s international federation, FISA.
The Olympic champions were shortlisted for the award through a public nomination process before being chosen by a vote of the FISA Council.
In 2015, Glover and Stanning were crowned World and European champions as well as overall World Cup winners during another unbeaten season.
Stanning said: “It goes without saying that we are extremely proud of this Award. It is the culmination of a lot of hard work in training but also from the people around us – our coach Robin Williams and the whole of the GB Rowing Team support staff."
Glover added: “We feel very humbled to receive such a global accolade. I’d like to thank everyone who helped us make this possible. Thank you, FISA, for this recognition. We now want to drive on in training every day to continue to improve and be the best we can be in the Olympic season ahead.”
Sportsbeat 2015