Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Reigning champion Serena Williams and second-seeded Victoria Azarenka were easy second-round winners, while Sara
Errani became the highest-seeded loser thus far at the U.
T.J. Yeldon Jaguars Jersey .S. Open. The world No. 1, four-time U.S. Open titlist Williams blitzed Kazakhstans Galina
Voskoboeva 6-3, 6-0 in 69 minutes at Ashe Stadium in a match that was postponed
because of rain on Wednesday. Williams has lost only four games through two
matches this week. "Ill have to think about it and see what I can do better, but
it was OK," she said. The reigning U.S. and French Open champ beat reigning
Australian Open queen Azarenka in last years finale in New York. The 16-time
Grand Slam champion Williams is also a two-time runner-up in Flushing. Up next
for Williams will be another Kazakh, Yaroslava Shvedova. Azarenka advanced to
the third round in similar fashion, taking down 2009 U.S. Open runner-up
Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-1. The former world No. 1 and reigning Aussie Open
champ offered just 19 unforced errors and was not aced on her way to victory.
"It was a good match I think," said Azarenka. "Towards the end I felt like I let
her play a little bit and she really went for her shots, so I had to adjust a
little bit better." Meanwhile, Flavia Pennetta sent her fourth-seeded fellow
Italian Errani packing 6-3, 6-1 Thursday at the USTA Billie Jean King National
Tennis Center. The 31-year-old Pennetta reached three U.S. Open quarterfinals
from 2008-11 before missing last years edition of her best Grand Slam event due
to a right wrist injury. "I tried to play aggressive from the very beginning and
I was perfect today, I think," Pennetta said. The 26-year-old Errani, who was
the French Open runner-up and a U.S. Open semifinalist last year, has now lost
four times in six meetings with Pennetta. "I dont want to play. I dont want to
stay out there on the court," Errani said following her lopsided setback against
Pennetta. In the final match of the evening, veteran Slovak Daniela Hantuchova
defeated 17-year old American Victoria Duval, 6-2, 6-3. Duval, who won her first
ever match at the Open on Aug. 27 when she shockingly knocked off 2011 Open
champ and 11th-seeded Samantha Stosur, had 27 unforced errors compared to just
18 from her counterpart. Sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki dropped just three
games in taking down Russian Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-2 while seventh-seeded
former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova drubbed Serb Bojana Jovanovski 6-2, 6-4,
and eighth- seeded German left-hander Angelique Kerber held off promising
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Resurgent Serb Jelena Jankovic, seeded
ninth at this fortnight, whipped Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-2, and
10th-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci overcame Czech Lucie Safarova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
The 24-year-old Kleybanova returned to the WTA earlier this month after battling
Hodgkins lymphoma, a form of cancer, over the last two years. The French Open
quarterfinalist Jankovic is a former world No. 1 who lost to Williams in the
2008 U.S. Open finale. Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic blasted Romanian
Alexandra Dulgheru 6-2, 6-1, while Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki, seeded
16th in Flushing, drilled Argentine Paula Ormaechea 6-2, 6-3. The Serbian star
Ivanovic is a former French Open champ who reached her first-ever U.S. Open
quarterfinal last year. Hot 21st-seeded Romanian Simona Halep continued her
recent winning ways with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Croat Donna Vekic. Halep headed to
New York having captured titles at four of her previous seven events, including
last week in New Haven where she upset the 2011 Wimbledon titlist Kvitova in the
final. In some other second-round action involving seeds, No. 14 Russian Maria
Kirilenko won 6-3, 6-1 over Portuguese Michelle Larcher De Brito, Japans Kurumi
Nara surprised No. 19 Romanian Sorana Cirstea 7-5, 6-1; Italian Karin Knapp
upended No. 22 Russian Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-4; No. 24 Russian Ekaterina Makarova
doused American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 6-4; No. 25 Estonian Kaia Kanepi
dismissed Slovak Anna Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-1; No. 26 Alize Cornet of France
subdued Croat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2, 6-2; and No. 27 Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova
held off Chinese Peng Shuai 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. The former top-five star Kuznetsova
captured the U.S. Open title in 2004 and was the runner-up in New York in 2007.
American Alison Riske posted an upset by taking out 28th-seeded German Mona
Barthel 6-4, 6-2. Riskes third-round opponent will be the formidable left-
hander Kvitova. Additionally, American Christina McHale bested Ukrainian Elina
Svitolina 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, Israeli Julia Glushko upended American Sachia Vickery
7-5, 6-3, Italian Camila Giorgi swept Taiwanese Su-Wei Hsieh 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) and
the aforementioned Shvedova handled Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-2, 6-3.
The 21-year-old New Jersey native McHale will face Ivanovic in the round of 32.
Nic Jacobs Jaguars Jersey .Desperately needing a win to revive its campaign, Ghana looked to be on the brink of
elimination before Gyan ran onto a desperate long ball right at the end and
scored past Rais Mbolhi in the Algerian goal.
Justin Blackmon Jaguars Jersey . In Winnipeg, the Jets kick off their exhibition schedule when they host the Minnesota Wild at
MTS Centre.The Oklahoma City Thunder will try to make it a competitive series
against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night when Game 3 of the Western Conference
finals shifts to Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Thunder badly need a lift and they
may get one in the return of Serge Ibaka. Ibaka, who missed the first two games
and was expected to miss the entire postseason with a calf strain, improved
significantly and will return. Watch the game on TSN starting at 8:30pm
et/5:30pm pt. "The abundance of blood and therefore swelling in Serges calf has
reduced substantially and unexpectedly, allowing a level of movement and
stability not thought possible after the initial diagnosis," OKC general manager
Sam Presti said in a release earlier on Sunday before Ibakas return was
confirmed. "With this new information, and in an effort to keep his status
current, we are now listing him as day-to-day with the understanding that there
is a possibility for him to play in this series." "Im waiting what the doctor
going to tell me and how my body going to feel," Ibaka said after Saturdays
practice, acknowledging pain is more of a concern than further injury. Oklahoma
City desperately needs him. The Spurs marched to a 2-0 series lead and have done
so in convincing fashion. San Antonio has won the two games by an average of 26
points, thanks in large part to Wednesdays 112-77 drubbing in Game 2.
Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili made history on Wednesday night and
led the Spurs to another win. San Antonios Big 3 combined for 47 points and the
trio passed Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Cooper as the
all-time winningest trio in NBA playoff history, winning their 111th postseason
game together. Parker scored a game-high 22 points, Duncan went for 14 with 12
rebounds and Ginobili added 11 points off the bench in the blowout, as the Spurs
leave the comfy confines of AT&T Center for Oklahoma City. In league
history, 94 percent of teams to open a seven-game set 2-0 have gone on to
advance. The Spurs sadly know all about the six percent. San Antonio held this
exxact margin in the 2012 Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City, only
to lose the next four and watch the Thunder lose to the Miami Heat in the NBA
Finals.
Telvin Smith Jaguars Jersey. "We know what were walking into," Duncan said. "Theyre so much better at home. Theyre going to
have a lot of days to let it all fester." Duncan also racked up just under 29
minutes, passing Abdul-Jabbar for second most playoff minutes in league history
in the process. Duncan is just 27 minutes back of Kobe Bryants all-time mark of
8,641 and barring injury will pass him later in this series. Danny Green made
7-of-10 from 3-point range for the Spurs, who won Mondays Game 1, 122-105. He
finished with 21 and Boris Diaw was the other San Antonio player in double
figures with 11. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook didnt do nearly enough to
make up for Ibakas absence. The MVP and his electric point guard netted just 15
points apiece on 16 and 24 shots, respectively. The other three OKC starters
only scored four points between them. "Were disappointed in our performance. We
have to make a few adjustments and come back better," Thunder head coach Scott
Brooks said. "We will continue to figure things out as a group like we always
have done and come back Sunday and play a much better basketball game." The
Thunder led 26-24 after the first quarter but were outscored 88-51 the rest of
the way. The poor play has led to some blowups on the floor for OKC. At the end
of the first half, when the game started getting out of hand for the Thunder,
prior to a timeout, Westbrook and Durant got into a heated exchange. "I was just
getting on Kevin about some stuff and he got on me right back," explained
Westbrook. "And thats what teammates do. Thats what leaders do. We get on each
other, we come back and we talk about it, and then we come out like nothing ever
happened." The two have combined to shoot 35-for-80 from the field in the first
two games. Westbrook has taken 10 more shots than the league MVP. Game 4 will be
Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.
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