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. Indian wrestlers trained with teenaged wrestlers from Stiring-Wendel club, located in a border town 350km away from Paris. When I was there, I got to know the team was uncomfortable. See, it can’t be that Madan Lal can change everything in one year. Going forward, both Gambhir and Bhaskar will have to work in unison, if they want to help Delhi progress to the Ranji Trophy knockouts. “We had never faced each other and she came out having nothing to lose and it’s always d. But we need to give our wrestlers more experience and better coaching. Top seed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the pre-tournament favourites, are in the top half of the draw. I have given no brief to any coach or selector yet.