xpects a tougher challenge from Querrey, who reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon. The elder Zverev first broke into the top 100 in 2007 but a series of injuries, wrist, ribs and knee, left him in limbo. We won the Asian Champions Trophy, Junior World Cup. At the end of the match I was creating more space but at the beginning I failed to convert several chances with my forehand. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts. ’Two early breaks in the third and Thiem made sure he would be able to celebrate his 24th birthday on Sunday with a win to extend his domination over the Frenchman to 6-0. Rohit was rested for the tour and his Mumbai buddy filled in the opening slot superbly, collecting the Man of the Series award. “I think it was a combination of just life happened and luckily Dad recognised I was a better serve-and-volleyer than baseliner, and I said, OK, I agree. He averaged 62 errors in each of those outings, against 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe and 35-year-old Russian Mikhail Youzhny. More relevant numbers: Federer was broken eight times total in those matches, but only once against Lopez.