”Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff felt the fans, soaked and frustrated at the long delays, h. Open began, the idea that a German man named Zverev would be in the last 16 would barely have raised an eyebrow. But no player worth his salt and professional pride would like to be a serial bench-warmer. Spain’s final qualifiers are at last-placed Liechtenstein on Tuesday, against third-placed Albania on Oct. Also Saturday, Albania needed two second-half goals to beat last-placed Liechtenstein 2-0 to stay within reach of the group leaders. Macedonia, second-to-last in the group, got the winner with a goal by Goran Pandev midway through the second half. That was the first time in the 36-year-old Federer’s career that he opened a Grand Slam tournament with two consecutive matches that lasted five sets. “It’s all still in our hands, and we’re ready to go down to the wire to get ourselves into the World Cup,” Bradley said. “It was a tough situation for a set and I had some break points against me early in the second. erring to the Red Bull pairing of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo who were second and third fastest.