V FOR VIKTOR Viktor Axelson was never home-sick at Glasgow, for traveling with him were his family members, friends and fans. Zhang did not roll over, however, and broke Pliskova to take an early 2-0 lead in the third but Zhang’s mistakes soon started piling up. va after reaching the fourth round with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Sofia Kenin of the United States. Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. Hockey India, the sport’s governing body, decided to sack him following a three-day meeting of its 24-member High Performance and Development Committee. India’s BMKJ brigade just don’t strike the right chord in Sindhu’s final, and are not particularly creative with a short-running “Blah blah blah blah, Sindhu is a Superstar”. Hockey India’s high performance director David John, primarily a fitness coach, has been handed over the reins till a new coach is identified. Gujarat have hence been unable to beat the Steelers in all three of the matches that the two teams have played so far. He was second in the first session to Mercedes team mate Valterri Bottas. rld number one Karolina Pliskova out of US OpenResetting was key after second set loss, says Kevin Anderson after quarterfinal win at US OpenKarolina Pliskova showed the steel of a world number one as she fought off a match point to claim a riveting 3-6 7-5 6-4 comeback win over Zhang Shuai in the U.