The match was dragging along and while the 23,000 day session spectators enjoyed the match, there were 23,000 waiting outside in the rain for the night session to start. We also analyzed our performances at Azlan Shah, the three-nations after that and World League semifinals where we finished sixth out of 10. That group is looking into a match he played against Thiago Monteiro at a hard-court event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Aug. “I know I cannot play very well always, and not the whole match. But Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup _ for the first time since 2002 _ were damaged a half-hour later when Valeri Qazaishvili equalized from close range. Rafael Nadal will next face Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov. I fought, I was there mentally and then I started to play much better,” said Nadal. “There was a lot of pressure for that last lap – there could have been a red flag , there could have been a yellow flag. undoubtedly a performance worthy of claiming the all-time pole position record,” said the Austrian. But the Austrian flicked a switch to reel off seven straight games, taking the opener and a 3-0 lead in the second.