Bharadwaj had defeated Thailand’s Ruttanapak Oupthong, seeded second, 15-21 21-14 21-12 in the quarterfinals early in the day. On Thursday, they were overrun by the group leaders French at the Stade de France in their heaviest defeat for more than half a century. ne who comes back from a drugs sentence — performance enhancing drugs — and all of a sudden gets to play every single match on Center Court, I think that’s a questionable thing to do,” fumed the Danish former world number one. “She had really nice words for me in the locker room,which was really nice,” said Sharapova, older than her opponent by 12 years and regarded as an idol by Kenin. ’Brian Mwila scored two first-half goals as 10-man Zambia claimed their first victory of the group p. Related NewsUS Open to use 25-second clocks, timed warmup in main drawCoCo Vandeweghe knocks wo. 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. Her preparations had been quiet and two days before she began her campaign, India physio C Kiran was stretching her after a hard workout on the main courts. THE KIDAMBI FAN CLUB If there was a distinct buzz about any Indian player, it was Kidambi Srikanth. But she has responded to the decision by the US Tennis Association by knocking out world number two .