green iron fence — it felt like the conversation between the out-of-favour opener and the head coach, which started in English before moving to Marathi, involved batting technique and feet movement. But that’s set to change now after Shikhar Dhawan’s departure due to his mother’s illness. “It’s lucky when it does go in but either way, I probably would have just had a tap-in if it didn’t. Rahane and VVS Laxman apparently share some common factors in limited-overs cricket. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts. 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. Despite trailing leaders Croatia and Iceland by two points before the match on Saturday, Ukraine tops the group after Finland beat Iceland 1-0. 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. Both went close again, Bale from an overhead bicycle kick and Robson-Kanu with a shot that hit the post. The brief news conference went on but Osaka, who admitted she had been ’emotionally unstable’, teared up after the third question.