“I was close to a medal in Rio and I had beaten the medal winners earlier. It has been slow but steady progress for the double Wimbledon champion, after sustaining what looked. Not surprisingly, the visas did not arrive in time, which forced India to withdraw. The rest of the match saw Chandigarh Hockey Academy girls maintaining the pressure and defending the 1-0 lead to win the title. CMats Hummels was reminded of the responsibilities being a Germany international this week after his pool-jumping stunt. The youngster won the second game with the same margin before Gandhi made a comeback in the match. And if anything like last year happens, we will handle as and when the situation arises. Mbappe, 18, signed on loan from fellow Ligue 1 side AS Monaco with PSG having an option to buy the player at the end of the season. We have given everything to the players now and there shouldn’t be an excuse that ‘we didn’t get this, we didn’t get that’. “It’s much more easier to come back and play, definitely, compared to first tournaments after my comeback,” she said.