”The reality, however, is that Ferrari still has some catching up to do heading into Saturday’s qualifying. 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. Top seed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the pre-tournament favourites, are in the top half of the draw. The former all-rounder has his fingers crossed before the start of the season. His most successful spell was as a part of the FC Barcelona’s B Team, where he notched up seven goals in a single season while at the Catalan club. Aariv won the opening game 11-7 before winning the second game 11-8 to take a 2-0 lead in the match. “If the chance is there we will take it, of course. before the tournament,” WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar had said before the team’s departure. Stranded, the federation put out a SOS signal to Damien Jacomelli, a French wrestling coach who is now privately involved with a few Indian grapplers. 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’.