We wanted to know why we had failed against countries ranked lower to us. Twice a semi-finalist on French Open clay, Thiem was slow to find his footing on the New York hardcourts as Mannarino took early control at 5-3. So, if “the performance of the team has not been consistent or up to the desired levels”, as the Hoc. The United States and Honduras both have eight points and 2-3-2 records, but the Americans hold the tiebreaker, a plus-1 goal difference to Honduras’ minus-7. Moreover, all of them were left frustrated either by the federation, Sports Authority of India or the quality of players at their disposal. 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. Most countries have already appointed their coach for this Olympic cycle so let’s see what’s available. Well, the same 13-15 players were always selected for the tours after the Olympics. Oltmans has been in India for a fairly long time, and the team’s performance in his last assignment – the European tour – was decent. With three more games to play, Serbia lead with 15 points.