The Socceroos take on Thailand in Melbourne knowing victory may not be enough to ensure an automatic place should Saudi Arabia defeat the Samurai Blue in Jeddah. Earlier, “Police were made aware at 16:35hrs on Thursday, 31 August of reports that an arrow or crossbow bolt had been loosed into the Oval Cricket ground. ”Standing between Del Potro and a return to the quarter-finals is sixth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem. Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna advance at US Open. Love brewing between Hardik Pandya and Parineeti Chopra. However, with only the top two teams able to qualify for Russia directly, third-placed Australia will hope the Samurai Blue can emerge with a win or hold the Saudis to a draw. Goel said that he wanted sports to be included in educational curriculum. 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. He was also beaten in a split decision in a more closely-contested bout against Joahnys Argilagos. The team may have been overshadowed by local media reports of dissent within the ranks and speculation over their Bosnian coach’s future in the leadup to the Australia game.