ildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis at Miami OpenYellow or green: Roger Federer’s comment on tennis balls’ colour adds fuel to fireThis was Roger Federer at his hard-to-beat best, a performance so unlike the pair of uncomfortable five-setters he labored through to begin the U. backed,” the skipper had said, adding: “I think he is much more relaxed after that West Indies series. Italy’s remaining games are at Israel on Tuesday, against Macedonia on Oct. FAR BEHINDIsrael missed a chance to move within four points of Italy after a 1-0 home loss to Macedonia. 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. Some of the others present, which included Oltmans himself, have been part of his coaching and support staff, or have worked with him as selectors or government observers. 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. Later on, it was abandoned due to adverse weather conditions and postponed till Sunday. ”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. Murray used a six-iron from 196 yards at the par-three eighth for his ace and before the crowd had e.