Wimbledon, England (SportsNetwork. Denard Robinson Jersey .com) - Former champions Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova secured first-round victories Tuesday at Wimbledon. The world No. 1 Williams hurried past fellow American Anna Tatishvili 6-1, 6-2 on the famed Centre Court, while the fifth-seeded former top-ranked star Sharapova won her eighth straight match on tour with a 6-1, 6-0 pasting of helpless Brit Samantha Murray on the No. 1 Court. Williams owns 17 Grand Slam singles titles, including five Wimbledon crowns. The reigning U.S. Open champ is now 71-9 at Wimbledon, including seven trips into the final at the All England Club. Sharapova, fresh off her French Open title three weeks ago, captured her lone Wimbledon title in 2004 by stunning Williams in the final and was the runner- up here in 2011. Up next for the Russian great will be Swiss Timea Bacsinszky. Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska popped seven aces and committed only six unforced errors on her way to a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Romanian Andreea Mitu in less than 50 minutes, Estonian Kaia Kanepi upset seventh-seeded former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-2, and ninth-seeded German Angelique Kerber dismissed Radwanskas younger sister, Urszula, 6-2, 6-4. Jankovic has always struggled on the Wimbledon grass, where shes never reached a quarterfinal and has fallen in round one on four occasions. Kerber was a grass-court runner-up in Eastbourne last week. Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki also advanced, as the 16th-seeded Dane posted a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Shahar Peer of Israel, while 19th-seeded Sabine Lisicki beat Israels Julia Glushko 6-2, 6-1 in her first match back on Centre Court. The German slugger Lisicki lost to the since-retired Marion Bartoli in last years finale at the AEC. The 29-year-old Bartoli was on hand Tuesday to take part in a special coin toss ceremony. She was greeted with a kiss from the chair umpire and a standing ovation from the crowd, her eyes all the while brimming with tears. An upset came when Frances Caroline Garcia took out 14th-seeded former French Open runner-up Sara Errani, of Italy, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. Errani, who was also an opening-round loser here last year, has never made it past the third round at Wimbledon, including three first-round exits now in seven trips. Also on Day 2, 15th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro charged past Chinese Zhang Shuai 6-1, 6-2; 20th-seeded German Andrea Petkovic, a French Open semifinalist, topped Polands Katarzyna Piter 6-1, 6-4; 25th-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet overcame Slovak Anna Schmiedlova 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Portuguese Michelle Larcher de Brito overcame and upended 28th-seeded two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, of Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; American Victoria Duval drove out 29th-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; and 31st-seeded Czech Klara Koukalova bested young American Taylor Townsend 7-5, 6-2. Several other women reached round two, including Americans Madison Keys and Varvara Lepchenko and Brit Heather Watson. Keys, fresh off her first-ever WTA title on the grass in Eastbourne last week, downed Puerto Rican Monica Puig 6-3, 6-3, while Lepchenko beat Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 6-2 and Watson cruised past Croat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-2. Denard Robinson Youth Jersey . Malone will become an unrestricted free-agent and as per the collective bargaining agreement, the Lightning will be responsible for two-thirds of the remainder of his contract over twice the length of the rest of the deal. Dante Fowler Jr Womens Jersey . Budinger was activated Wednesday before the Wolves hosted the Phoenix Suns. He missed the first 34 games of the season after having surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee before the preseason.EDMONTON -- If adversity reveals character, Taylor Hall is making a bold statement about his willingness and ability to lead at a time when the Edmonton Oilers need him most. The injury-riddled club is mired in a stretch that has seen them win just twice in their last 13 games, but the 20-year-old former two-time Memorial Cup champion and MVP is doing what he can to shake his team from its slump. After scoring five goals during a seven-game stretch on the road in which the Oilers won just once, Hall was easily Edmontons best player in Wednesdays 2-1 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils. Beaten again, but not beaten down. "I expect a lot out of myself," Hall said Thursday. "No matter whats going on around you, you always want to worry about your own game and how youre playing. "From there, you focus on how you can help the team as best you can. Im just trying to play the best I can so help out my linemates and the team. We come to each game with a fresh mindset. We dont worry about the last one. We try to win the next one. I think every player on the team is doing their best." Injuries to Jordan Eberle and rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins during the trip have left the Oilers without their top two scorers. Eberle is out for two to three weeks with a sprained right knee, while Nugent-Hopkins will be gone until the NHL all-star break with a shoulder injury. Defencemen Tom Gilbert, Ryan Whitney and Cam Barker are also out. Enter Hall, a man on a mission against the Devils who fired five shots at Johan Hedberg, assisted on Ales Hemskys 1-1 goal, set up a half-dozen scoring chances and logged 23:10 of ice time for coach Tom Renney against New Jersey. "Id like to think thats symbolic of our team," Renney said of Hall elevating his game during a frustrating stretch. "Hes certainly one of those guys who leads the way with that whole approach. "This is a fabulous player. A huge passion to play and very driven. I just love that. Thats so much about what we need to be moving forward." Hall has 14 goals and 30 points in the 34 games season. Seven of his goalss have come in the 12 games hes played since he returned to action after missing seven contests with a shoulder injury. Dante Fowler Jr Youth Jersey. "You cant really worry about the situation youre in," said Hall, who won two Memorial Cups with the OHLs Windsor Spitfires. "You have to treat every game like a new game and go out and play it. "You play it the very best you can, the most desperate you can. You try to be consistent every night because thats what your teammates want and expect out of you." Without Eberle, who has 43 points, and Nugent-Hopkins, who leads NHL rookies in scoring with 35 points and has been named to participate in the rookie skills competition at the all-star game, Hall is playing on a line with Sam Gagner and Hemsky. "Its a big lift for everyone when you see a guy who goes out there like that and just plays fearless," Gagner said. "We can learn a lot from him in that regard. It doesnt seem like worries about negative things happening or is scared of anything. "He just goes out there and plays the game the way its meant to be played." Like Hall, Gagner has been playing his best hockey despite the lack of team success. He had a five-game point streak snapped against the Devils. "He plays with passion and hes obviously got a lot of skill to go with it," said Gagner. "Its a lot of fun to watch and a big lift for our team. If we can continue to follow guys like him, were going to have some success here soon." While the Oilers picked up a point against the Devils, theyve lost four straight games as they prepare to face the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. "I dont recall any of these games, other than the last period in Long Island, where we quit at all," Renney said. "Im not suggesting we quit then. We just had one of those nights. We had four posts or something like that. "Id like to think our team is sort of taking on that look, too. Maybe we do have others in our dressing room who need to learn how to sustain that and continue to pursue it, but its sure nice to have that example. Certainly, Taylor is all about that." wholesale stitched jerseys wholesale jerseys wholesale nfl jerseys cheap nfl jerseys cheap nfl jerseys china ' ' '
