However, the 13th-seeded Czech was in complete control from the start, never surrendering a break point the entire match. Open fourth round with a 6-1 6-1 win over Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova at?Louis Armstrong Stadium. 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. Instead, their technical deficiencies were glaring. Only Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina can deny the 2016 Roland Garros winner from reaching the top spot for the first time in her career. ”Here’s how sports fraternity is celebrating the ocassion. I was given the job, as chairman of the Cricket Affairs Committee, to pick the various selectors, coaches, managers and trainers for the upcoming season. entry for Rio in the 74 kg class after he secured it in Las Vegas in 2015, was thrown out of the Games a day before his opening bout by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. GROUP FEngland did not impress before finally seeing off 190th-ranked Malta on a warm evening on the Mediterranean island. Serena Williams has not competed since winning the Australian Open in January.