Europe’s nine group winners will qualify automatically for next year’s tournament in Rus. T20 is a young guys game and I would like to be around for a few more years and feel empowered,” said Warwickshire skipper Elliot. I’m with the German National team right now, and yesterday we took a big step towards the World Cup in Russia after beating Czech Republic 2-1. Open when Thiem retired due to injury trailing 6-3 3-2. After several upsets in the tournament, that number has dropped to two with hard-hitting Spaniard Ga. Brady battled to a 6-3 4-6 7-6 defeat of Monica Niculescu, while Vandeweghe beat 10th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 4-6 6-4. All the bowlers showed the tricks we got and bowled really well on a used wicket, ” said Samit Patel who was adjudged man of the match in the post-match presentation. “At this early stage it is believed that the object came from outside of the ground. 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. The tall, big-serving Czech admitted that elevated expectations were taking a toll on her as she plays in her first major since hitting the top of the world rankings.