Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . ted him playing for Liverpool but not Brazil, his failure to force an exit has left him in an unexpected limbo. She continued her fiery play into the second set but on match point tightened up and hit an errant backhand, disappointing a New York crowd that had been rooting for the underdog. And through all this mourning, a dozen women in women’s singles try to prove that she’s not the only one to talk about. And a Prince without ostentatious pomp … there was more to last week’s badminton World Championship than the action on court. “I don’t think it was the right moment to take this decision. Pliskova won the next three games to close out the set. Hockey India sacked Roelant Oltmans despite a largely successful four-and-half-years stint in India. ured Adam Lallana and it was no real surprise when they scored three times late on against tiring opponents. Williams’ Lance Stroll, surprisingly, has secured fourth place while Force India’s Esteban Ocon starts fifth.