’Two first-half strikes by Francisco “Isco” Alarcon helped Spain beat Italy 3-0 Saturday and move closer to securing a World Cup spot. ” A baffled Osaka, who beat defending champion Angelique Kerber in the first round, told the blunt truth: “I did not win”. Roelant Oltmans was the high performance director when Terry Walsh got the boot in November 2014. The result ended a run of five successive draws and left them on 11 points, two behind Ireland, who they will play in their final qualifier in Cardiff, and four off leaders Serbia. e winner in the 1-0 Group D World Cup qualifying victory over Austria five minutes after coming off the bench in Cardiff. 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. Normal service had resumed as Nadal won his seventh successive game to open up a 3-0 lead in the third set. ’Lewis Hamilton hailed a truly “epic day” on Saturday after writing his name above Micha. Macedonia moved to six points, three fewer than Israel. ”Federer improved to 13-0 against Lopez and 33-1 in night matches at Flushing Meadows, so perhaps the lopsided nature of this shouldn’t be all that surprising.