The three leading teams all avoid each other in Monday’s games, when Poland can reassert itself with a home game against the last-place Kazakhs. ed in the hand last December, finished off the Frenchwoman within 73 minutes in Arthur Ashe Stadium, closing out the contest in style with a fine ace. The panel is confident that he will do a better job this season,” Madan Lal added. Moreover, they made a bright start to what is expected to be a grueling home leg. Hitting winners and unforced errors in almost equal measure in the opening set, the former world number one dug deep to take the advantage. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. Nimble-footed Asturian should suit Lobera’s style of play and will be relied upon to share the bulk of the goal scoring burden along with Coro. Playing with control, Neha pocketed the opening game 11-7 before Parneet won the second game 11-8. I think still my hand is not 100 percent ready, so I do feel hopefully that I have space to improve. Elephant in room: How will KP Bhaskar, Gautam Gambhir get along.