Win over the Samurai Blue in Jeddah will see Saudi Arabia seal spot in Russia. I think the level of tennis after that break have been very positive. Appeal to all sports federations, let’s keep sportsmen as most important people, everything else will fall into place later. The Frenchman had dropped the first set 7-5 before losing interest in the match in the second as he appeared to suffer from a leg injury. ed resistance and struck a 44-ball 72 but his efforts were never enough to take the side over the line as they were restricted to 168/8. the batting with Rohit Sharma who has been in tremendous form with two centuries in this series. 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. Hardik Pandya and Parineeti Chopra interacted on Twitter. I am directing my eyes towards myself and I want to win that battle. After a solid stand between Thirimanne and Mathews, the hosts were looking good for a good total but India fought back well in the final overs and bundled them out for 238.