Roger Federer looks back at best in straight-sets win at US Open. Wilmots was brought in as coach after Ivory Coast, the defending champion, crashed out of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon in the first round at the beginning of the year. All of them came with great fanfare and were touted as having the perfect credentials for the job. to a 1-0 win and its first World Cup appearance since 1950. “There was a lot of pressure for that last lap – there could have been a red flag , there could have been a yellow flag. “I think my baseline game was not good enough, so I had to choose Plan B, which was serve and volleying to try to be successful on the court,” Zverev said. Rahane came to Sri Lanka after scoring 336 runs at 67. Getting a big-name foreign coach and sacking him after a few poor results would prompt others to think twice about coming to India and would be akin to papering over the cracks. er to be found wanting — had seemingly cracked the code, staying in India for four-and-a-half years, as either chief men’s coach, or high performance director, or both. th after clearing a defender with a neat cut back outside the area before sending a low shot into the corner.