Other women have left the tour to have children and returned at a high level, although none has done so at Williams’ age. Williams has dominated the sport for the past decade and is one grand slam short of Australian Margaret Court’s record of 24 major titles. But, Shapovalov showed initiative in a scrappy second set, breaking to go 3-1 and then levelling the contest. But it is very clear now that the team needs a foreign expert,” said Sushil, who hired Mestvirishvili as the chief coach of his academy in Delhi. 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. I will have no say in that and will not interfere in their process. Kenin’s tank was empty in the second set and Sharapova, who next faces Latvian 16th seed Anast. The team had to face similar problems even before the Rio Olympics, where they trained with Bulgarian juniors. Muguruza, who won her second grand slam by winning the 2017 Wimbledon, barely broke sweat against the 31st seed as she set up a clash with Petra Kvitova. “But it wasn’t an ideal scenario so close to the championship,” the official said.