There were many expectations and at the same time some doubts about Maria Sharapova ahead of her tough first round match against Simona Halep. The Russian player had withdrawn from Stanford Mika Zibanejad Jersey , Toronto and Cincinnati due to a left foream injury, but on Monday night she displayed an outstanding performance to beat the World No 1.


2 in an hour and a half, getting her first win against a top 10 player since the 2015 Fed Cup final against Petra Kvitova. The 2006 US Open champion prevailed by 6-4 4-6 6-3 after two hours and 44 minutes. In the first set after saving a break point on 1-1 hitting a fantastic forehand down the line, in the fourth game Sharapova broke Halep converting her fourth break point after hitting her 15th winner of the match.


However, in the following game down 3-1 Mats Zuccarello Jersey , Halep played a consistent return game and broke back Sharapova. After other a break and break back, the tenth game was decisive: Halep didn't convert two game points and the former World No.


1 took advantage of Simona's too soft second serves to break her hitting the 28th winner of the match. In the second set Halep kept struggling on second serve, she saved a break point in the second game but then on 1-2 Sharapova took the chance by entering the court and not letting Halep to dictate points.


Masha played deep and mostly important, she was cinical in the key moments like the fifth game where she saved a break point hitting a powerful serve. On 6-4 4-1, something changed: Sharapova didn't convert a game point to lead 5-1 Henrik Lundqvist Jersey , she made several unforced errors and Halep won five games in a row to take it to a decider.


In the third set the second game was really decisive: Halep started playing far away from the baseline, Sharapova stepped up and broke her opponent. From that game, there wasn't any break point on both sides and Maria kept her nerves solid until the end.


She hit 60 winners and 64 unforced errors in total, Halep 15-14. A very big difference that says it all. Sharapova will face Timea Babos, who defeated Viktorija Golubic. It's the first time that the No. 2 women's seed loses in the first round of the US Open since Andrea Jaeger in 1981.


TIANJIN Cheap Rangers Hats , Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- You might be understandably skeptical that you are indeed at the Chinese National Games upon seeing a Dutch coach and four umpires from four different countries on the pitch of the women's hockey semifinals, but that is exactly what happened here on Sunday.


Dutchman Giels Bonnet moved quite close to the feat of winning three successive titles in the Games after the Liaoning team beat Guangdong 2-1 thanks to two penalty shots from captain Bao Qianqian to reach the championship match. Bonnet has been coaching the provincial hockey team in Northeast China since 2009 and never ceded the top podium to others.


"I'm very satisfied with the structure and discipline of my team," said Bonnet. "Since 2009, I'm trying to bring structures to the team. In the right moments, we do the right things and don't get too many chances away. Today Cheap Rangers T-Shirts , we're very lucky to make the first goal. Structure and discipline paves the way to do the right things and technically to make sure the players make those points."


Talking about the difference between the current team and last team winning the 2013 National Games at home, Bonnet gave credit to the build-up of balance.


"We have a good balance in the group, we have old players who play very good and we have some young players who have a lot of abilities. The balance now is better than the team we had before," he said.


Amber Church from New Zealand and Suzi Sasa from the United States were umpires for the match. In the other semifinal in which Sichuan narrowly defeated Jilin 1-0 to set up a rematch with Liaoning in the National Games final, Carolina De Lafuente from Argentina and Ayanna McClean from Trinidad & Tobago played the same role.


"I have been here for two weeks and it's the third time for me to visit China Cheap Rangers Hoodies ," said the 43-year-old Argentinian. "We four foreign umpires were sent to the Chinese National Games by Federation of International Hockey (FIH) after the organizing committee had asked the FIH for neutral referees."


"In the 2008 Olympic Games, I was in Beijing for my first trip to China and then I was dispatched to the last two National Games. It's quite a pleasure to umpire on the Chinese pitches," she said.


Lafuente works as a bank clerk in Buenos Aires and spends her time umpiring each Saturday and Sunday with local clubs at home. "I get paid in my umpiring back home, but it's not enough to support my life, but the fun matters more Custom Rangers Jerseys ," added Lafuente, who started playing the sport when she was six and then shifted to be an umpire in the age of 20. It has been 23 years as an umpire for her.


McClean, 35, started hockey playing when she was 11 under at the encouragement of her mother, who's also a hockey player in Trinidad & Tobago. "Now I play hockey a little bit recreationally and most of the time I'm the umpire Cheap Rangers Jerseys ," said McClean, who works for a New York company on sales and distribution.


"I initially got a scholarship from a University in Long Island, New York. Then I settled in New York and offer umpiring to the University league of 10 teams in New York each weekend.


"You got selected by your country first to be recommended to FIH, then the Federation put you forward in your region as umpire for different tournaments. You get grade every time, when you get better grade Matt Beleskey Rangers Jersey , you'll be picked up internationally," added she.


To McClean, an umpire is just a special player. "Being umpires, it's similar to be the players. We have to invest our time, keep up with the rules Ryan Spooner Rangers Jersey , to train. It's just a reward for us to be here, to the tournaments like this. We're just like special players. We work hard for here, you need to put a lot of energy to maintain

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