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. He played only eight minutes in Spain’s shambolic 2014 World Cup campaign and did not make the starting line-up in their run to the last 16 at Euro 2016. First, Alexander Ring netted a free kick nine minutes into the game, and then the Finnish defense held firm to frustrate Iceland. That he is out of the playing XI in the ODIs didn’t affect his intensity for a moment. Schumacher, the seven-times world champion and former Ferrari great whose tally Hamilton had equalled in Belgium last weekend, ended his career with 68 from 307 races. What makes Oltmans’ ouster, the latest departure, curious is that some of his own wards were party to the execution. Dolgopolov, who is ranked 64th, said after Saturday’s 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 win against Viktor Troicki at Flushing Meadows that he has been interviewed by the Tennis Integrity Unit. A reporter asked her: “Stupid question: why did you win today. The defeat to a Zambia team that played most of the second half with 10 men leaves Algeria _ Africa&. I am aware that we have had four coaches in five years and I am sure that can upset the group.