212; but will be aware of the unnamed “family friend” who was widely quoted in media reports as saying their relationship had fractured. The result left the Serbians top of the standings with 15 points from seven games. 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. They don’t know the pattern of sport and the flavour of modern hockey,” he said. Pliskova, runner-up at Flushing Meadows last year, would have lost her world number one ranking had . Two of England’s team against Malta, Kyle Walker and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, moved clubs in deals totalling 90 million poundsthis summer. They do not have knowledge of hockey and are from business or political background. d of the Group A game at the Amsterdam Arena where the Netherlands must win to have any hope of finishing in the top two in their group. “He hasn’t got the blend of his team right, he hasn’t got the shape of his team right to what he wants, but that requires work,” said Butcher. “What we will have to see is whether we can still give a 100 percent physical effort just three days after playing in Paris.