“When it comes to something special, we haven’t quite got that,” former England captain Terry Butcher told the BBC. Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . ear after her bruised knee gave her immense pain, the 27-year-old got going after promising to play ‘smart badminton. Young Sachin was the star raider for them once again. Kirsty Gilmour and Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong come close, though Nozomi walks away with all the love and the big dough. With McLaren’s Honda engine, Alonso has only finished three of the 10 races he started this season. hase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers and effectively ended Algeria’s hopes with a 3-1 triumph on Saturday. ”Wozniacki was furious that her second round match was played on an outside court while five-time major winner Sharapova was playing all of hers in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Dutch are fourth in their group on 10 points, one place and two points behind Bulgaria, but a maximum return from their final three games could still secure a top-two finish. so that their names are uttered perfectly at next month’s Japan Open and in the lead-up to Tokyo.