In women’s doubles, Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenhalli and Trisha Hegde and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker crashed out of the tournament. He’s expected to bother Lin Dan with slow courts as well as his strong-shouldered smash giving him the edge. “I’d take 80 frames of a single rally and teach my students,” says the former club level coach of 60. Under him, India won a silver medal at the Champions Trophy last year for the first time in over thr. Getting that correct blend would no doubt spark the imagination of supporters wearied by years of under-achievement. 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. The quietly spoken Southgate experienced equal negativity around the national team in his time as a . The strategy paid off as she broke Pliskova in her first two service games to take a 3-1 lead and captured the first set with an emphatic overhead smash. So from next year, four Super Series will be elevated to Slam status. If the players are still in a funk, they might not even bother playing Bulgaria.