After a scrappy 7-5 7-5 win over former world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in her opener on . The team was to leave for the tournament on July 13 but applied for visa just three days prior to their departure. It has been slow but steady progress for the double Wimbledon champion, after sustaining what looked. “I was close to a medal in Rio and I had beaten the medal winners earlier. et when Kenin could not retrieve a powerful flat forehand and then raced through the second set. Williams, the world’s highest-paid female athlete, was about two months pregnant when she captured her 23rd grand slam singles title at the Australian Open. The panic-stricken federation hastily decided to send the wrestlers to Paris 17 days before the world championship began. The final game saw Sachit playing with control and the DAV Public School player won the final game 11-7 to claim the title. Even then, a win looked highly improbable until the last five minutes in which Bengal turned the game on its head. It was a crucial tournament, which also offered Indians the chance to spar with wrestlers from other countries, including Russia, Iran and USA.