His involvement was crucial in the Basque club’s run to the Copa del Rey final, in which he powered home a free-kick against Barcelona. All that remained was Arsenal’s capture of Monaco forward Thomas Lemar. The selectors, however, will have to decide whether to have him as a captain or purely as an opening batsman. 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. s in both of Friday’s opening practice sessions on the high-speed Monza circuit, which favors Mercedes’ stronger power. The youngster won the second game with the same margin before Gandhi made a comeback in the match. Kenin’s tank was empty in the second set and Sharapova, who next faces Latvian 16th seed Anast. She told Vogue magazine last month about her “outrageous plan” to defend her title in Australia, where the year’s first grand slam will be played from Jan. “This is not just a case of SCA finding a loop hole in the new changed order but it is an act that makes a mockery of the SC order,” Ghavri wrote. Slovakia’s goal came in the 81st minute from Adam Nemec, who failed to score for New York City FC in a 2015 spell in MLS.