GROUP CMarc Wilmots led Ivory Coast to a 3-0 win in Gabon in his first competitive match in charge. 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. “It was a really good swing,” Murray told reporters. Karolina Pliskova saved a match point in the second set and came all the way back to get past No. Wilmots was brought in as coach after Ivory Coast, the defending champion, crashed out of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon in the first round at the beginning of the year. 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. Murray used a six-iron from 196 yards at the par-three eighth for his ace and before the crowd had e. “I know that ranking and draw is irrelevant,” he said. Getting a big-name foreign coach and sacking him after a few poor results would prompt others to think twice about coming to India and would be akin to papering over the cracks. Rahane listened intently, occasionally nodding before going back to the nets.