“But it wasn’t an ideal scenario so close to the championship,” the official said. The rest of the match saw Chandigarh Hockey Academy girls maintaining the pressure and defending the 1-0 lead to win the title. The team had to face similar problems even before the Rio Olympics, where they trained with Bulgarian juniors. With Delhi underachieving over the last few years and coach KP Bhaskar and veteran batsman Gautam Gambhir having a fractious relationship, his assignment was not easy. Top seed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the pre-tournament favourites, are in the top half of the draw. It was dominating performance by the Guru Nanak Public School forwards as they maintained their supremacy in all the four quarters of the final. Josh Magennis scored twice in a five-minute spell to ensure the Irish victory and create a seven-point gap to the third-place Czechs, who play in Belfast on Monday. So I think players pick themselves with their performances and I haven’t seen a player getting dropped after performing well for their side. Meanwhile, USA’s Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens also made it into the next round. Despite being under contract, Barcelona were powerless to stop the transfer as the French side met the buyout clause in Neymar’s contract.