STUTTGART, Germany -- Defending champion Maria Sharapova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to set up a Porsche Grand Prix quarterfinal with top seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Jason Kidd Jersey . The sixth-seeded Sharapova needed a little over an hour and a half to defeat her fellow Russian, keeping alive her dream of winning the tournament for the third year in a row. Polish world No. 3 Radwanska was rarely troubled in wrapping up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italys Roberta Vinci. Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia rallied from a 5-2 first-set deficit to edge second seed Simona Halep of Romania 7-5, 7-6 (4) in the late match. The 2009 champion will next play former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, who lost her first set against German wild card Julia Goerges, but recovered to prevail 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Carla Suarez Navarro upset the fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-4 to knock the last remaining German out of the tournament. The world No. 16 next faces Estonias Kaia Kanepi on Friday. Fifth seed Jelena Jankovic rallied after losing the first set to beat Flavia Pennetta of Italy 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 for a quarterfinal against Alisa Kleybanova, who upset the third-seeded Petra Kvitova on Wednesday. Cedric Ceballos Jersey .Y. -- First, Patrick Kane gave his family and friends something to cheer about by scoring a highlight-reel goal in a rare trip home to Buffalo on Sunday night. Walter Davis Jersey .C. -- Jackson Whistle made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Kelowna Rockets blanked the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-0 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. NORTH BAY, Ont. -- The Guelph Storm never took their foot off the pedal on Tuesday night. Zack Mitchell tied the game at 19:30 of the third period and Brock McGinn scored the winner 19 seconds later as the Storm stole Game 3 from the host North Bay Battalion 4-3 in the Ontario Hockey League final. "The guys played extremely hard for 60 minutes," said Guelph coach Scott Walker. "We got a solid effort from everybody. Our game plan was just to shoot. We couldnt stop or get frustrated. We might have started to get frustrated in the second period, but in the third we came out and just kept putting pucks at the net." Trailing 3-2 heading into the final period, Guelph upped its tempo for the third and put 17 shots on North Bay goaaltender Jake Smith. Goran Dragic Jersey. "The guys played with some urgency and got emotionally involved," said Walker. "They did all the little things. Its not going to be easy. The Battalion plays extremely hard, too. You have to at least match or exceed their emotion and passion for the game." Tyler Bertuzzi and Robby Fabbri also scored for the Storm, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. Dylan Blujus, Barclay Goodrow and Mathew Santos scored for the Battalion, who blew three one-goal leads. Guelphs Justin Nichols made 23 saves for the win while Smith kicked out 40-of-44 shots in defeat. Both clubs went 1 for 2 on the power play. The Battalion will try and even the series when they host Game 4 on Wednesday. ' ' '
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