In women’s singles, top seed Pattarasuda Chaiwan of Thailand ended eighth seed Purva BarveR. The auction is set to take place in Mumbai and the winner will be awarded media rights for five years between 2018 and 2022. The team finished sixth out of 10 teams in the tournament but the defeats to minnows Malaysia and Canada dented the confidence Hockey India had in him. WFI blamed local organisers for not providing them good facilitiesfor Indian team’s preparations. FANS UP TO SPEED Chinese fans are milling away boasting about how they’ve figured where Chen Long pl. Changing and chopping policy is not good for India, says Jose Brasa. Saina Nehwal found herself — poised to return serve — amongst an array of international names on the huge hoardings on Day 1. SHE WAS NEVER GONE Sindhu ended up being India’s star at the World Championships and Glaswegians applauded her on Finals Day. She thanked JSW sports for backing her before stating that not all wrestlers are so lucky and that the system should take care of players with lesser access to resources. This is the fourth consecutive year the Brit has taken pole at Monza which is widely regarded as the fastest circuit in the F1 calendar.