GROUP CMarc Wilmots led Ivory Coast to a 3-0 win in Gabon in his first competitive match in charge. “It was incredible to see a player as good as Isco up in the flesh, he’s a great player and he did very important things tonight,” said losing coach Ventura. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts. Karolina Pliskova saved a match point in the second set and came all the way back to get past No. After its second home loss in the hexagonal, the U. Federer improved to 13-0 against Lopez and 33-1 in night matches at Flushing Meadows. s the group after Finland beat Iceland 1-0, and Croatia’s game against Kosovo was postponed due to a torrential downpour. 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. he “Pista Magica”, the Mercedes driver conjured up a lap worthy of the great German rainmaster himself. ” A baffled Osaka, who beat defending champion Angelique Kerber in the first round, told the blunt truth: “I did not win”.