Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - No less than four former world No.
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champion Maria Sharapova and reigning two-time Australian Open titlist
Victoria Azarenka.
Portugals Michelle Larcher de Brito stunned the third-seeded Sharapova
in 6-3, 6-4 fashion on some slick grass on Court No. 2 at the famed All
England Club, while the second-seeded Azarenka pulled out of her
scheduled second-round match because of a knee injury.
Sharapova took three different spills during her shriek-filled match
against the 20-year-old Larcher de Brito and also fell to the court
during warm ups on the weird Day 3.
The Russian superstar left the court at one point in the second set to
get some treatment on her left hip and was never able to get all the way
into her match on Wednesday.
Sharapova saved four match points in the 10th game of the second set,
but the 131st-ranked Larcher de Brito converted on a fifth when the
Russian netted one final forehand.
The career Grand Slam winner Sharapova captured her lone Wimbledon title
in 2004 by upsetting Serena Williams in the final and was the 2011
runner-up here to Czech slugger Petra Kvitova.
Sharapova was this months French Open runner-up to the great Williams
and also lost to Williams in last years Olympic gold-medal match on the
grass here at the All England Club.
Meanwhile, Azarenka was slated to take on Flavia Pennetta in the second
round, but she was clearly hobbled during her first-round win over
Portugals Maria Joao Koehler on Monday. Azarenka did a split behind the
baseline during the match and injured her right knee, which required
treatment on three occasions as she completed a 6-1, 6-2 triumph.
The 2012 U.S. Open runner-up tried to warm up on Wednesday morning
before the match, but was unable to play, giving Pennetta a walkover
into the third round.
Azarenka said that medical tests showed she had a bone bruise in the
knee and was unable to recover in time.
"We tried to do everything as possible, but it was just very significant
fall," she said. "To recover in two days after that seems impossible
with the compensation on the entire body by finishing that match."
Azarenka was a semifinalist here each of the last two years.
The eighth-seeded former Wimbledon champ Kvitova reached the round of 32
without lifting her racquet, as Kazakhstans Yaroslava Shvedova pulled
out of their second-rounder because of a right arm injury.
In addition to Azarenka and Sharapova, two other former world No. 1s
exited the draw, as Czech Petra Cetkovska defeated ninth-seeded Dane
Caroline Wozniacki, who was nursing an apparent foot or ankle injury,
6-2, 6-2, and, making her Centre Court debut in front of members of the
Royal Family, rising 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard took out
12th-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-3. The former U.S. Open runner-up
Wozniacki has never reached a Wimbledon quarterfinal, while Ivanovic is a
former French Open champ who hasnt advanced beyond the fourth round at
the All England Club since a semifinal showing back in 2007.
The 66th-ranked Bouchard captured the girls juniors crown at the All
England Club last year.
Five of the top-10 womens seeds are already gone just three days into
the fortnight.
American Sloane Stephens, seeded 17th, snuck past former top-10 German
Andrea Petkovic 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 8-6. Stephens was an Aussie Open
semifinalist in January.
In other action involving seeds, No. 19 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain
overcame Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, No. 25 Russian
Ekaterina Makarova edged out Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-7 (3-7),
6-4, Italian Karin Knapp doused No. 27 Czech Lucie Safarova 4-6, 6-4,
6-4, and No. 29 Alize Cornet of France drubbed Taiwans Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3,
6-2.
Also on Day 3, Puerto Ricos Monica Puig beat Spaniard Silvia
Soler-Espinosa 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 and Czech Eva Birnerova dismissed Ukrainian
Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 6-4.
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for victory at every cost .LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Two runs down? No sweat
for these confident Los Angeles Dodgers.
Adrian Gonzalez scored the go-ahead run on Yasiel Puigs sacrifice fly
that capped a three-run sixth inning, helping the Dodgers beat the New
York Mets 4-2 on Monday night for their sixth straight victory.
The deficit was small compared to Friday, when the Dodgers rallied from
six runs down to beat Tampa Bay on a walkoff.
"Its a special group. Hopefully, special things can happen," said Nick
Punto, who homered in the seventh. "We have a lot of talent on this team
and things are clicking."
The Dodgers improved to 38-8 since June 22, the franchises best 46-game
stretch in the modern era that began in 1900. The 1899 Brooklyn Superbas
had 38 wins in several 46-game stretches between April and June of that
year.
Overall, its the best 46-game run for a major league team since the 2001
Oakland Athletics went 38-8 between Aug. 2 and Sept. 27.
"The confidence is really high," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
"Our pitching has been great."
Gonzalez went 3 for 4 and drove in a run for the seventh straight game,
the longest RBI streak since Adrian Beltres eight-game run from July
17-24, 2004.
Ricky Nolasco (9-9) extended his winning streak to three. The
right-hander allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck
out two and walked two, retiring 11 consecutive batters during one
stretch.
"I made a lot of good pitches," he said. "A lot of their hits were
well-placed."
Mets catcher John Buck played with Nolasco in Miami.
"He never gives up and never gives in to hitters," he said. "He executes
pitches when he needs to, and keeps the team in the ballgame, and thats
the thing I remember from him when I was there."
Kenley Jansen got the final four outs to earn his 18th save in 21
chances. He has retired 32 of the last 33 batters he has faced with 18
strikeouts since July 23.
Jenrry Mejia (1-2) gave up three runs — two earned — and six hits in six
innings as the Mets two-game winning streak ended. The right-hander
struck out four and walked none. He retired his first eight batters.
New York had won five of six.
Ahead 2-0, Mejia alllowed three straight singles to open the sixth,
capped by Gonzalezs RBI single over the head of leaping shortstop Omar
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"We actually tried to go down and away to him, and I think it just rode
up and in a little bit on him and missed the spot," Buck said. "It was
one of those things where he just jammed him in the right spot."
Center fielder Juan Lagares scooped up the ball and fired it to third,
but it went off the glove of Wilmer Flores and into the Dodgers dugout
as Gonzalez took third.
That allowed Mark Ellis to score from first behind Carl Crawford, tying
the game 2-2.
Puig followed with a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Gonzalez,
making it 3-2.
Punto homered for just the second time this season, extending the
Dodgers lead to 4-2 in the seventh.
Danny DeVito came on the field after the game wearing Puntos No. 7
jersey.
"I didnt get it back, either," said Punto, who met the actor for the
first time. "Ive never seen someone so excited. He said, It felt amazing
for me. It must have felt good for you."
New York had the tying runs on first and second in the eighth with two
outs. Jansen came in and retired pinch-hitter Justin Turner on a called
third strike.
The Dodgers got out of a jam in the seventh, when the Mets had runners
on first and second with two outs. Daniel Murphy lined out to right, and
Puig caught the ball over his shoulder while running toward the wall.
"Theyve been amazing," Nolasco said about the bullpen. "To get out of a
bases-loaded jam in the seventh was great."
The Mets led 2-0 in the second on RBI singles by Buck and Quintanilla
after Nolasco gave up four consecutive singles to open the inning.
Quintanillas 17 RBI set a single-season career high.
Notes: Jansen had his second four-out save of the season, with the other
coming at Colorado on July 3. ... The Dodgers six-game winning streak
ties their season high for the third time. ... Nolasco has faced the
Mets more than any other team in his career, with 26 games and 24
starts, and 139 2/3 innings pitched against them. ... Mets LF Eric Young
cartwheeled over the wall trying to catch a foul ball by Punto one
swing before his homer.
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