Clan-Members » advanced Thursday.Keys, seed

There were other ways for Adut Bulgak to get in touch with fellow South Sudanese and NBA forward Luol Deng. Swin Cash, Bulgaks teammate on the New York Liberty, even said shed help the first ever South Sudanese player in the WNBA reach out to Deng through more official channels.But Bulgak is 23 years old, and when 23-year-olds want to reach out, they use social media.Last week, Bulgak?tweeted at Deng and invited him to watch a game, saying, Its time we meet! followed by a happy-faced emoji, a thumbs up and the South Sudanese flag.The Liberty were about to take off on a flight. When they landed two hours later, Deng had responded, Congratulations, really important moment for South Sudan basketball. Also, Invitation accepted. See you July 3rd.And sure enough, Deng -- who agreed to a four-year, $72 million contract with the Lakers on Saturday -- showed up at the Libertys game against the Sparks in Los Angeles on Sunday and stayed to meet Bulgak after the game.Him showing up means a lot, said Bulgak, whose family fled the South Sudan civil war in 1999 as refugees. She was 10 years old at the time and was later raised in Winnipeg, Canada, along with six siblings.Dengs family fled what is now South Sudan when he was 5 years old in 1989. He was raised in England and became a British citizen in 2005, but hes become a global ambassador for his former country.Hes made such a huge impact, Bulgak said of Deng. Every time I see something about South Sudan his name is tied to it. Im really excited about the things hes doing for our nation.We know where we came from. We were both refugees. We didnt have any luxuries in getting here. And we both want to stay true to our roots.Mets Jerseys 2020 Mookie Wilson Jersey . Barcelonas entertaining victory ensured the defending Spanish champions retained their share of the league lead with Atletico Madrid two rounds ahead of their meeting in the capital. Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals. https://www.cheapmetsjerseys.us/2180l-paul-sewald-jersey-mets.html . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. John Mitchell Jersey . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. Ron Darling Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year.LONDON -- Garbine Muguruzas first major tournament as a reigning Grand Slam champion didnt last long.Less than a month after winning the French Open, the second-seeded Spaniard was beaten in the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday by a Slovakian qualifier ranked No. 124.In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, Jana Cepelova beat a listless Muguruza 6-3, 6-2 on Court 1 in less than an hour to reach the third round at the All England Club.Muguruza was not as sharp Thursday as she was in this tournament last year, when she lost to Serena Williams?in the final, or as she was in beating Williams in the final at Roland Garros this month for her first major championship.My energy was missing a little today, Muguruza said. From yesterday I felt a little bit tired. During the match and after the match, Im like, Tough day today, empty today.She sprayed ugly shots all over the court Thursday and finished with 22 unforced errors compared to just nine winners. Cepelova had a first-serve percentage of just more than 40 percent but still outplayed Muguruza with 14 winners and 12 errors.She played great, no fear, trying a lot of stuff that was working, Muguruza said. But my energy wasnt there. I was trying but it didnt work at all.Cepelova, Slovakias No. 5 female player, had to win three matches in qualifying to make it into the main draw. Its not the first time she has knocked off a top player. Cepelova ousted Simona Halep in the first round at Wimbledon last year, also on Court 1, and beat Williams at a tournament in Charleston in 2014.Last year I beat Halep on the same court and I had great memories, the 23-year-old Cepelova said. I am so happy.The last time a second-seeded woman lost at Wimbledon before the third round was in 2013, when?Victoria Azarenka?was beaten in the second round.Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams won yet another match at the All England Club as three American women picked up victories as the tournament scrambled to get back on schedule.The eighth-seeded Williams, at 36 the oldest player seeded in the top eight at a major tournament since Martina Navratilovaa at Wimbledon in 1994, beat Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the third round.ddddddddddddIt turned out to be an unexpectedly close, 2?-hour match between Williams, winner of seven Grand Slam titles and playing in her 19th Wimbledon, and Sakkari, making her first appearance at Wimbledon and third at a major.Williams, who had 38 winners but 31 unforced errors, won the most recent of her five Wimbledon titles in 2008. Since 2011, she has not been past the fourth round.Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, the 2012 runner-up at Wimbledon, saved three match points and came back to beat 18-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh, who accidentally stepped on a tennis ball and injured her right ankle in the next-to-last game.Radwanska pulled out the 2-6, 6-4, 9-7 victory in the second round after the 103rd-ranked Konjuh was broken while serving for the victory at 5-4 and 6-5 in the third set.Radwanska has made it to at least the semifinals at Wimbledon in three of the past four years.With play starting earlier on the outside courts after two days of bad weather, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens?also advanced Thursday.Keys, seeded No. 9 after breaking into the top 10 for the first time this month, reached the third round with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Kirsten Flipkens. Keys, a quarterfinalist last year, had 48 winners -- more than double the Belgian players 22.No. 18 Stephens, who reached the quarterfinals here in 2013, defeated Chinas Peng Shuai 7-6 (5), 6-2 in a first-round match that was delayed.Other womens winners included fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber advancing with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Varvara Lepchenko?and No. 5 Simona Halep, who beat Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-1. No. 14 Samantha Stosur was knocked out 6-4, 6-2 by 2013 runner-up Sabine Lisicki.No. 11?Timea Bacsinszky?beat Luksika Kumkhum 6-4, 6-2,?Annika Beck?ousted Britains Heather Watson 3-6, 6-0, 12-10, and Frances Kristina Mladenovic, seeded No. 31, was eliminated 6-3, 6-3 by Aliaksandra Sasnovich. ' ' '