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May 31 '18
Paris, France (Sports Network) - Reigning champion Maria Sharapova and fellow former world No. Nike Epic React Flyknit Español . 1 Victoria Azarenka were a pair of third-round winners on a sunny, breezy Saturday at the French Open. The second-seeded Sharapova overcame some sloppy play in order to get past Chinas Zheng Jie 6-1, 7-5, while the third-seeded Australian Open titlist Azarenka needed all three sets to hold off 31st-seeded French crowd favorite Alize Cornet 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on the famed red clay at Roland Garros. Cornet was fresh off her clay-court title in Strasbourg last week. "Shes a machine, a juggernaut," Cornet said of Azarenka. "She plays the same from the first to the last point." Sharapova, who overcame a 1-4 deficit in the second set against Zheng, completed a career Grand Slam by beating gritty Italian Sara Errani in last years French Open finale. Up next for the Russian superstar Sharapova will be 17th-seeded American Sloane Stephens, while Azarenkas fourth-round opponent will be French Open- loving Italian Francesca Schiavone, who blasted 13th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 6-2, 6-1 on Day 7 of the fortnight. The 32-year-old Schiavone titled here in 2010, was the Roland Garros runner-up in 2011, and is now 18-2 in Paris in her last four trips. Surprising 23-year-old, 54th-ranked American Jamie Hampton reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam event for the first time in her career by stunning seventh-seeded former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-1, 7-6 (9-7). The Czech left-hander Kvitova, who was a French Open semifinalist a year ago, committed 33 unforced errors in the setback. Another top-10 upset came when 18th-seeded former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia upended ninth-seeded Aussie Sam Stosur 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The 2011 U.S. Open champion Stosur was the French Open runner-up three years ago. The former U.S. Open runner-up Jankovic is a three-time French Open semifinalist and her fourth-round opponent will be the upstart Hampton. Two other Americans, the aforementioned Stephens and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, reached the round of 16, as the 20-year-old Stephens landed in the fourth round in Paris for a second straight year by outlasting New Zealands Marina Erakovic 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, while Mattek-Sands overcame Argentine Paula Ormaechea 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Stephens is now 8-1 at the Grand Slams this year, having reached the Aussie semifinals in January. Stephens, the 28-year-old Mattek-Sands and Hampton joined Serena Williams in the fourth round, giving the United States its best womens fourth-round showing in Paris in nine years. Also on Saturday, 12th-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko topped Swiss Stefanie Voegele 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. Kirilenko will meet Mattek-Sands in her next outing. The fourth round will commence Sunday, including a match for the current world No. 1 and reigning Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Williams. The red-hot American, riding a career-best 27-match winning streak, will face 15th-seeded Italian veteran Roberta Vinci on Day 8. The 15-time Grand Slam singles champ Williams captured her lone French Open title back in 2002. Also on Sunday, fourth-seeded Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska will battle 14th-seeded former world No. 1 and former French Open winner Ana Ivanovic, a fifth-seeded Errani will take on 20th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, and eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber will encounter former Roland Garros titlist Svetlana Kuznetsova. Nike Odyssey React Mujer . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Air Max 270 Flyknit Baratas . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. http://www.zapatillasdeportivasairmax.com/air-max-98-2018.html . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. Forced to abandon their grass court game plan and host Spain on hard court in New Delhi at the Davis Cup World Group playoff tie next month, India have a lot to worry about.Spain, certainly, wasnt an opponent India was hoping to tussle with for a spot in the World Group. This is the worst-possible draw we could have got, says India Davis Cup non-playing captain Anand Amritraj. Worse still, India will be playing them on hard court. Having run out of options with regard to hosting the tie on grass, the AITA, on Tuesday, was forced to pick Delhi Lawn Tennis Associations (DLTA) hard courts as the venue. Logistics and the monsoons stood in the way of Indias plans of offering the visitors a less-favourable playing surface.Chandigarh Club, which hosted the grass court tie against South Korea in July this year, was in the running to do so again but fell short on the organizational front. A 4,000 seating capacity - a mandatory prerequisite for hosting a World Group playoff tie - wasnt met. Even setting it up would have cost anywhere between Rs 25-30 lakhs only to be pulled down after the tie. It was not economically viable, says an AITA official, DLTA fits the bill on all fronts. We didnt have much of a choice.The venue sorted, the primary worry remains - playing five-time champions Spain. A look at our singles field only helps affirm the misgivings. At 157, Yuki Bhambri, Indias highest-ranked player hasnt played much tennis over the past three months, courtesy an elbow injury. He is likely to play in the US Open qualifying later this month. Former top pro Somdev Devvarman, who finds himself languishing at No 431 in the rankings, is recovering from an injury and is nowhere to be seen on the circuit. As for Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni, its going to be a very tall order. This is going to be the toughest tie weve played, Yuki says.Indias performance at the previous two World Group playoff ties -- against Serbia and Czech Republic - hasnt been flattering. Zapatillas Deportivas Nike Hombre Baratas. They lost to Serbia 2-3 in 2014, before going down to the Czechs 1-3 in Delhi last year, to find themselves slipping back to the zonal competition. Yuki hasnt played in months. To be able to play five sets you have to be in really good shape. On grass court, we at least had a fighting chance and could have made a match of it. Honestly, Im worried. Against most other teams we could at least hope for an outside chance, Amritraj adds, Even without their top players, Spain will be extremely tough to beat given the depth in their side. Without a singles player in the top 100, it is near-impossible for us to make the World Group.Even if Spain fields the same side it did against Romania, winning 4-1, last month, India will have a lot to worry about. The likes of Feliciano Lopez, Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta could pose a serious challenge to Indias ambitions. Both Agut and Lopez are ranked in the top 20. On grass at least, since all our guys serve decently, it can be pushed to a tie break and then things can go either way, adds Amritraj, When youre up against players who return this well, its hard to hold serve six times. If we win the doubles rubber, we can push matters to a third day, pretty much like Romania did. But unless we can do something in the singles, it wont really make a difference to the eventual result.India would be hoping to find a comforting ally in the searing conditions in New Delhi- one that could leave the Spaniards ruffled. Last year, Czech No 1 Jiri Vesely was done in by New Delhis humid conditions against Somdev on the first day, before India eventually went on to lose the tie. We just have to go out there and give our best. Weve nothing to lose, adds Amritraj. Cheap Jerseys Throwback Wholesale NFL Womens Jerseys Cheap NFL Hoodies China NFL Gear White NFL Jerseys Cheap Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale NFL Womens Jerseys ' ' '
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