Cilic, the highest seed in a clear bottom half of the draw, eventually paid the price for his lack of match practice after skipping the U. They also agreed not to increase their wages bills and substantially to reduce transfer spending for the subsequent two seasons. These bargain buys have the ability to slot into their new teams and impact a significant change to the club’s fortunes. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. There are a few shortcomings which we need to address. Open warm-up tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati due to injury. GROUP FEngland did not impress before finally seeing off 190th-ranked Malta on a warm evening on the Mediterranean island. I’m overall satisfied with the whole process and the various appointments which we have made. “To be honest, I was not aware of that,” Vettel said of the seven-year drought. However, the 13th-seeded Czech was in complete control from the start, never surrendering a break point the entire match.