Top seed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the pre-tournament favourites, are in the top half of the draw. It summed up India’s woeful preparation, resulting in none of the 24 wrestlers crossing the quarterfinal stage of the world championships, which concluded in Paris last week. The strength and stamina of most Indian wrestlers were not viewed as an issue even though they lost one after the other. We want players to do well for Delhi, and take the state forward in the process. There will be processes in place and it shouldn’t be a problem. But, Shapovalov showed initiative in a scrappy second set, breaking to go 3-1 and then levelling the contest. At the time he was the youngest winner of an F1 race, aged 21. 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. The team was to leave for the tournament on July 13 but applied for visa just three days prior to their departure. asija Sevastova, opened up a 3-0 lead and ended the contest on the first match point when the American sent a backhand wide.