Saina Nehwal found herself — poised to return serve — amongst an array of international names on the huge hoardings on Day 1. The players alleged that Oltmans ‘favoured a couple of players’ despite their poor form, which affected the morale of the team. the rest of the season and is expected back, probably on Thursday, after Brazil’s World Cup qualifier in Colombia. In 2015, he was made the chief coach after Van Ass was sacked following a tiff with then Hockey India president Narinder Batra. A general view of the main show court during the semi finals on day six of the 2017 BWF World Badminton Championships at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday Aug. Teenage prodigy Patrick Daka set up a second goal in the 33rd minute as he cut in to cross for Fashi. Her preparations had been quiet and two days before she began her campaign, India physio C Kiran was stretching her after a hard workout on the main courts. Pliskova finished with nine aces and just one double fault while Zhang hit two aces while committing five doubles. Expat fans from East Asian countries have taken to calling him Kidambi, and the day he lost to World. “We have good attacking players but we need someone in the middle of the park who can spray the passes, switch the play quickly and play at a tempo that Gareth likes.