A roundup of World Cup qualifying games in Africa on Saturday:GROUP BMahrez was given permission by . 17 Elena Vesnina of Russia at night in a match that began shortly before midnight. ys’ grand slam title at US OpenUS Open 2017: This has been one of the best seasons of my career, says Rafael NadalAs if her third-round defeat against Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi was not heartbreaking enough, Naomi Osaka suffered more pain during her post-match news conference at the US Open on Saturday. The core group of players that underachieved for most of the foreign coaches in the recent past has . 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. India so far have fielded 14 players in a squad of 15 in the four matches they played in this five-ODI series. ’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. y, the triple world champion was rewarded with a time that drew gasps of appreciation. I mean, it was way better than the first two rounds,” said Thiem. “I know I cannot play very well always, and not the whole match.