It was the second time India had lost to Malaysia this year while the team was unable to beat Canada at last year’s Olympics as well. Sharapova, the champion in New York in 2006, returned from a 15-month doping ban in April but was refused a wildcard for the French Open while injury ruled her out of Wimbledon. in which the 22-year-old Gacinovic stood out, having scored on his full debut as a substitute in a 3-1 win at Georgia in March. THE FANTOM CHAMPS Tai Tzu Ying is missed at the World Championships — when she chose to play the World Universiade. It’s not a particularly adored venue by badminton fans owing to its inaccessibility, and inability of the capital to fill up the stadium. ’Brian Mwila scored two first-half goals as 10-man Zambia claimed their first victory of the group p. Liverpool will be hoping for a similar result over the next few months. But they must show themselves and the fans something tomorrow and that means winning. Pliskova needed an injury time out to attend to a sore arm between the second and third sets, which . Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had .