”Standing between Del Potro and a return to the quarter-finals is sixth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem. “I apologize to the fans, to the referee for what happened,” he wrote in Italian on Twitter. Delighted to see .Ra_THORe is the new sports minister. Shinji Okazaki was adamant that Japan would not take Saudi Arabia lightly. s: Caroline Wozniacki fends off Karolina Pliskova to reach Singapore finalI can play good even without a coach, says Karolina PliskovaKarolina Pliskova is battling the pressure of being world number one as she tries to secure her first grand slam victory at the US Open this week. Asian World Cup qualifying goes down to the wire. 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. Harsh Goenka mocks Ambati Rayudu with video of cricketer’s fight with senior citizen. Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng will next face Sorana Cirstea and Sara Sorribes Tormo. Once he broke to lead 3-2 in the second set, Nadal appeared to be free of his early jitters and took hold of the match.