Sharapova, the champion in New York in 2006, returned from a 15-month doping ban in April but was refused a wildcard for the French Open while injury ruled her out of Wimbledon. There’s consensus that she’d have given even Carolina Marin and Sindhu a run for their money. Vinesh Phogat 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. The only previous time they played a Test there, in 2006, the visitors won by an innings and 80 runs with nightwatchman Jason Gillespie scoring an unbeaten double century. Bharadwaj had to work hard to outmanoeuvre George 21-16, 20-22, 24-22 in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes here. y of lensmen started taking pictures so he could teach his badminton students how the greats played their shots. into the court to attack Pliskova’s second serve on an unseasonably cool day in New York. Oltmans is credited with bringing stability to the team that looked disjointed. ”Pliskova said that while she may appear stone-faced on the court there are plenty of emotions running through her veins. Jackie Steward said it would take at least a generation before drivers from Asia would be challenging for the championship.