The main reason, according to them, is you are defensive in targets and team’s performances are inconsistent. ’Two early breaks in the third and Thiem made sure he would be able to celebrate his 24th birthday on Sunday with a win to extend his domination over the Frenchman to 6-0. Van Ass took the Dutch team to an Olympic silver medal while Oltmans took his home country’s men’s and women’s teams to the next level. The result ended a run of five successive draws and left them on 11 points, two behind Ireland, who they will play in their final qualifier in Cardiff, and four off leaders Serbia. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts as Mannarino took early control at 5-3. But he too suffered the same fate as his predecessors. The left-hander will not be part of the Indian team for the final ODI and a one-off T20 international, as per the BCCI release. Oltmans has been in India for a fairly long time, and the team’s performance in his last assignment – the European tour – was decent. First things first, though: Nadal was scheduled to face Leonardo Mayer in the third round later Saturday. If people want to write something, they write something.