Simona Halep in the first round and recovering from a set down to beat Timea Babos in the second. Jose Brasa expressed surprise at the removal of Roelant Oltmans. However, Hockey India termed these achievements ‘more incidental than deliberate. Alexander Ring free kick fires Finland to 1-0 win over Iceland. He also feels that only foreign coach can make India a world beater in the sport. 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. In fact, three coaches – Australians Michael Nobbs and Terry Walsh, and Holland’s Paul van Ass – were all shown the door during Oltmans’ term as the high performance director. Zambia moved into second place in Group B as they advanced to four points, but are still five points behind leaders Nigeria, who won 4-0 at home to Cameroon on Friday. “If he was here Lin Dan would’ve not won,” fans say. Pliskova needed an injury time out to attend to a sore arm between the second and third sets, which .