The half ended with the Spanish fans chanting “Ole, ole” as their team overwhelmed Italy. own merits but also significant when viewed through the prism provided by his matches earlier in the week. 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. 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. “It’s lucky when it does go in but either way, I probably would have just had a tap-in if it didn’t. his season but he seized his moment spectacularly, collecting the ball outside the area, taking one touch and sending a low curling right-foot shot just inside the post after 74 minutes. Zverev took Isner apart in the third round but though the bottom half of the draw is wide open, he e. ’Wales teenager Ben Woodburn enjoyed a stunning international debut, scoring a spectacular long-rang. 20, including a hundred in five one-dayers in the West Indies. That was the first time in the 36-year-old Federer’s career that he opened a Grand Slam tournament with two consecutive matches that lasted five sets.