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. “I wasn’t surprised with the way she came out and competed. The first session had to be stopped and restarted only after the next two hours. John will be in charge of the team till a suitable replacement is found for a smooth transition. It is very difficult to find his replacement,” Brasa, who was India coach in 2009-10, told PTI Bhasha from Spain. The Dutchman, however, was taken aback with the sudden decision of Hockey India and said it was not in the best interest of the country. This is the fourth consecutive year Lewis Hamilton has taken pole at Monza. At the badminton, Lin Dan ain’t that eloquent, but he wonders why they keep telling him he’s 34 years old even if he’s making the finals. “We must stop going on about France,” he told a press conference on Saturday, a day ahea. He also feels that only foreign coach can make India a world beater in the sport.