For Savon, the nephew of three-time Olympic gold- medallist — the legendary Felix Savon –, it was his first world title in five championship appearances. Referee stopped the match and after 10 minutes of consultations, led the two sides to the dressing rooms. 0th French Open title in June, is growing more confident ahead of his clash with Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov. Savon had finished with a silver in the 2015 edition of the championship. local time , the 15th-seeded American recovered from a woeful start to down 17th seed Vesnina and set up a meeting with Elina Svitolina. Fourth seeds Mirza and her Chinese partner Shuai Peng took two hours and 13 minutes to beat Slovakia. com/fN6BwarmFv— Parineeti ChopraSeptember 1, 2017//platform. hid Halilhodzic’s side can afford to ease off against the Saudis in Jeddah. “In the top half, you have Roger and Rafa and they are favourites to win a grand slam title, for sure. The group’s third placed team must negotiate a series of playoffs to qualify.