“But it wasn’t an ideal scenario so close to the championship,” the official said. Cricketers and other sports personalities took to social media and wished their fans on the festival. “It would be something very special to win here _ also given the anniversary _ but it would be a bad sign if we were only to try hard here and not anywhere else. Kenin’s tank was empty in the second set and Sharapova, who next faces Latvian 16th seed Anast. Instead, they grappled with 14, 15 year-old French wrestlers who were the trainees of a local wrestling club in the border town of Lorraine. “It’s unbelievable: The atmosphere, the tradition, the history. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. asija Sevastova, opened up a 3-0 lead and ended the contest on the first match point when the American sent a backhand wide. She told Vogue magazine last month about her “outrageous plan” to defend her title in Australia, where the year’s first grand slam will be played from Jan. Other women have left the tour to have children and returned at a high level, although none has done so at Williams’ age.