With three games remaining, unbeaten England lead Group F by two points from Slovakia and victory on. Saina Nehwal found herself — poised to return serve — amongst an array of international names on the huge hoardings on Day 1. FROM OLD to OLDEST Photographer Ross, 80, still recalls the joy of watching the graceful Prakash Padukone. It’s 20 years since Peter Rasmussen won the world title defeating an Asian in this very city. Tell him to gain strength but not at the cost of his footwork,” says Chris Pang of Malaysia. Saturday, dealing a severe blow to the visitors’ hopes of direct qualification for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. rld number one Karolina Pliskova out of US OpenResetting was key after second set loss, says Kevin Anderson after quarterfinal win at US OpenKarolina Pliskova showed the steel of a world number one as she fought off a match point to claim a riveting 3-6 7-5 6-4 comeback win over Zhang Shuai in the U. 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. Oltmans is credited with bringing stability to the team that looked disjointed. A general view of the main show court during the semi finals on day six of the 2017 BWF World Badminton Championships at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday Aug.