France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. While Gambhir was not available for a comment, Bhaskar remained largely non-committal on this issue. CMats Hummels was reminded of the responsibilities being a Germany international this week after his pool-jumping stunt. We will give whatever the players need but would want them to do well for Delhi and perform for the state. After a scrappy 7-5 7-5 win over former world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in her opener on . that amount to secure the services of the forward – who will wear Neymar’s vacated number 11 jersey. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. Ghavri, who played in 39 Tests and 19 ODIs for India, had formed a players’ association himself consisting of nine former players. In his two-page letter, Ghavri has written about two issues in particular, firstly 73-year-old Niran. Kenin’s tank was empty in the second set and Sharapova, who next faces Latvian 16th seed Anast.