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. 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. I just try to fight even if my game is not 100 percent and it’s not this week, says Karolina Pliskova. “I was the first one to come there and try to give them all the information, so they can investigate it faster,” he said. Federer’s back looked just fine, his movement precise, his strokes absolutely on-point. The Spaniard went on to win seven successive points to set up three set points and on the third, he levelled the contest with a jaw-dropping dipping passing shot. Macedonia moved to six points, three fewer than Israel. n him all the way to the last 16 here, where he plays American Sam Querrey for a place in a grand slam quarter-final for the first time. The list of coaches who have come to work in India over the last decade reads like a who’s who. If you’re coming to India as foreign coach, there is one thing for sure — before you finish your contract, you will be fired.