Group A, meanwhile, has a four-way tussle for the two remaining spots that could lead to the World Cup. The Hyderabadi player is already out of the mixed doubles event with her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig. Colin de Grandhomme and Aaron Thomason who were the only batsmen who went past 20-run mark in the innings. Australia’s 2-0 loss away to Japan last week put their qualifying hopes on a knife edge. “We want sports to be included in educational curriculum. Thus far, they have managed to defeat only West Indies and Zimbabwe in their 17-year-old history as a Test playing nation. The world number one needed to wait for his 14th opportunity to break his opponent but by that time Mayer had taken the first set by winning the tiebreak. Thailand, already eliminated from the World Cup running, are unlikely to offer as stiff a challenge . as Japan but Australia need to accelerate their ball movement forward, said winger Mathew Leckie. uarter-finals on three occasions, that brings out the best in Del Potro, who swept to straight-sets win over Swiss Henri Laaksonen and Spain’s Adrian Menendez-Maceiras.