After the World League we all were very disappointed so we clearly changed a couple of things in our approach and the boys adapted fantastically to that. Italy had a goal disallowed because of offside in the 75th. “I’m sure there’s always pressure on every player that plays, but more so, on someone like Jinks, when he goes out to bat in the shorter formats. “I think,” Lopez said, “he’s OK. Mayer briefly threatened a comeback when he pulled a break back for 5-3 in the fourth set but Nadal served it out at 5-4 with Mayer sending a forehand long on match point. Rahane and VVS Laxman apparently share some common factors in limited-overs cricket. to a 1-0 win and its first World Cup appearance since 1950. I fought, I was there mentally and then I started to play much better,” said Nadal. quarter-finals before moving to Real, although he struggled to truly realise his enormous potential until last season. Looking at the last couple months, he is maybe not ranked top 10 in the world, but he’s somebody who played really good tennis in the last couple months.