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. from Pliskova, who needs to reach the final for the second consecutive year to maintain the position. Open organisers for putting her on an outside court in her second round loss while Sharapova soaked up the applause on Arthur Ashe. Australia, who are level with Saudi Arabia on 16 points but two in arrears on goal difference, host Thailand in Melbourne on Tuesday in their last qualifier. With Iran and Japan having already booked their places at next year’s finals, Australia, Saudi. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore appointed Sports Minister: Sportspersons hail Olympian’s nomination. During the last couple of days my DFB teammates have been asking me about how everything is at Arsenal at the moment. as Japan but Australia need to accelerate their ball movement forward, said winger Mathew Leckie. “If we can get on top of Thailand push them back into their own half, it’ll definitely give us the opportunity to get high. The 18th seed quickly fell 5-0 behind, finally requesting the trainer on court for a right thigh massage.