was withdrawn from the doubles tournament, where he was into the third round with fellow Italian Simone Bolelli. “My plans from day one was to set long-term goals for India hockey to put the house in order and achieve a level a consistency. George also had beaten China’s Li Shifeng 21-17 21-14 to set up a semifinal clash with Bharadwaj at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. The Dutchman was sacked on Saturday following a meeting to assess India’s performances in 2016 and 2017. They don’t know the pattern of sport and the flavour of modern hockey,” he said. Fognini, known as a volatile player, was fined $27,500 by Wimbledon in 2014 for his outbursts during a first-round victory. We had always set our target for 2017 Asia Cup and winning the Hockey World League Finals. Jackie Steward said it would take at least a generation before drivers from Asia would be challenging for the championship. “Which Scotland manager said, ‘If I walked on water, my critics would say it was because I couldn’t swim. “There are times when I’d like to see more competition.