’Cuban boxers ruled the ring at the 19th World Championships, grabbing five gold and two silver medals to finish on top for the second successive time. On the fringes are Marcello Lippi’s China, who could yet steal a place in the playoffs if they beat Qatar away and both Uzbekistan and Syria lose. com/fN6BwarmFv— Parineeti ChopraSeptember 1, 2017//platform. The win would come as a revenge for Bopanna and Dabrowski having lost to Watson and Kontinen at Wimbledon. But they would need a big win over Iraq plus heavy defeats for both Australia and Saudi Arabia to claim third and a route through the playoffs. That could put Syria, who are ahead of Uzbekistan on goal difference, in second place and grant them automatic passage to Russia. I need to feel that when I’m hitting the forehand, he’s not able to take advantage on the point. “This will be good for our country’s tourism. 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. Another Olympic champion to go down to Cuban might was Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmetov.