Jacomelli used his local contacts and ultimately, the team made a 350km journey to Lorraine, a tiny town bordering Germany where they trained at the Stiring-Wendel wrestling club. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. Petra Kvitova finished off the Frenchwoman within 73 minutes in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Kenin’s tank was empty in the second set and Sharapova, who next faces Latvian 16th seed Anast. Vibhuti started the match with an attacking style as she won the opening game 11-7. He was rebuked by team management for posting a video of himself on social media jumping off a balcony into a swimming pool. It was only the second time in the match that they had levelled the scoreline and they made it count. Earlier in the tournament, DAV Public School won the team title in the senior boys category with a 3-0 win over Moti Ram Arya School. Kim Clijsters of Belgium retired and had a child before coming back at age 26 and winning three grand slam titles. It summed up India’s woeful preparation, resulting in none of the 24 wrestlers crossing the quarterfinal stage of the world championships, which concluded in Paris last week.