time and then you say I am not a result-oriented coach…According to the committee, you said reaching the semifinals was a target for next year’s Commonwealth Games. Mayer briefly threatened a comeback when he pulled a break back for 5-3 in the fourth set but Nadal served it out at 5-4 with Mayer sending a forehand long on match point. ildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis at Miami OpenYellow or green: Roger Federer’s comment on tennis balls’ colour adds fuel to fireThis was Roger Federer at his hard-to-beat best, a performance so unlike the pair of uncomfortable five-setters he labored through to begin the U. Open on account of tweaking his back in August meant that his timing was off. “I know I cannot play very well always, and not the whole match. But while Alexander, who has won five titles in 2017, went out in round two, it is his older brother Mischa who has been doing the family name proud. There are 12 players from the junior squad in the main team. never begun a game for his country in a major tournament, but he set his home stadium alight with a formidable display as Spain grabbed Group G by the scruff of the neck. I think after 34 years, we had a first medal at a big FIH tournament when we won the bronze in the World League in 2015. The match was dragging along and while the 23,000 day session spectators enjoyed the match, there were 23,000 waiting outside in the rain for the night session to start.