Warwickshire skipper Grant Elliot after winning the toss invited the Nottinghamshire side to bat first. ”Nadal, who is chasing a second grand slam title this year after claiming a record-extending 1. The Asian Cup champions will be favoured to beat lowly Thailand in Melbourne in their last qualifier. We have a very strong balance sheet and a favourable cash position. Fourth seeds Mirza and her Chinese partner Shuai Peng took two hours and 13 minutes to beat Slovakia. 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. It has since been a tough week for Steve Smith and co. Open organisers for putting her on an outside court in her second round loss while Sharapova soaked up the applause on Arthur Ashe. “But I’m just doing my own way, and I have a very important match against Dominic. Meanwhile, French Open champions Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada beat British-Finnish pairing of Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen 6-4, 4-6, 13-11 in their opening round.