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MONTREAL -- Sixth-seeded Venus Williams tumbled out of the Rogers Cup in the third round Thursday night, falling 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 to 10th-seeded Madison Keys in an all-American match.Playing her last tournament match before the Rio Olympics, the 36-year-old Williams lost seven straight games before holding serve in the third game of the second set. After Williams rallied to tie the match, Keys found her serve in the third set, ending the match with her 12th ace.The 21-year-old Keys won the Wimbledon tuneup event in Birmingham, England, this year for her second WTA Tour title, then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon. Shell face 16th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in the quarterfinals.Williams beat Barbora Strycova -- the Czech player whom Keys topped in the Birmingham final -- on Wednesday in her first match since losing to Britains Johanna Konta on Sunday in the Bank of the West Classic final. Against Keys, Williams struggled with her serve.Her first serve was definitely slower than normal, Keys said. But it was funny, her second serve was a lot slower, but because of the court, it was bouncing a lot higher than normal. So while her first serve was a little easier to return, her second serve was really tough.Pavlyuchenkova beat fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.Its going to be a tough match, Keys said about Pavlyuchenkova. Shes always tricky because she definitely fights till the end, and shes going to hit a lot of winners.Pavlyuchenkova let two match points slip away while leading 5-4 in the second set and then lost the game on a double fault. She rebounded in the third set to extend her longest run at the hardcourt event.I think Im still recovering from the second set, Pavlyuchenkova said. Basically, I thought I had the match in my pocket and lost it, so Im happy with the mental side.Radwanska won in 2014 in Montreal.The 15th-seeded Konta beat American Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal against Slovakias Kristina Kucova, a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 winner over Canadas Eugenie Bouchard in the late match.Bouchard was penalized a point for racket abuse in the third set, when she struggled to hit the lines to the disappointment of what had been a festive center-court crowd at Uniprix Stadium.I played some high-quality tennis this week -- I cant forget those two matches -- but two matches is not a whole tournament, Bouchard said. I need to learn how to keep it going and deal with the pressure. I just felt I maybe panicked a little bit, tried to finish the points too soon.Second-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Ukraines Elina Svitolina 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.Im still improving to playing better tennis, being more aggressive and just going for it, Kerber said. I think today I was a little bit too excited to going for it. This is sometimes, I think, the problem.Kerber will face Russias Daria Kasatkina, a 7-5, 6-3 winner over seventh-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy.Fifth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania, a finalist last year in Toronto, beat 14th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3. Pliskova, the WTA Tour ace leader, had only five in the match.I knew that its going to be tough because I dont get rhythm from her, Halep said. You never know what to expect for the next point, so theres a bit of tension. I just had to stay patient for every ball and to keep fighting because I knew that if I stay there for every ball, she can miss more than me.Halep will face ninth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, a 7-6 (2), 6-3 winner over 12th-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.Leandro Barbosa Suns Jersey . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. 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Grant Hill Jersey .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- There arent many quarterbacks who can look at their head-to-head matchups with Tom Brady and smile.Joe Flacco can do it.While Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens have a 3-5 record in games against Brady and the New England Patriots, Flaccos personal numbers have been better than the NFLs all-time winningest quarterback as they prepare to face each other again Monday night.Weve played him quite a bit. It seems like he always plays well against us, so I have a lot of respect for him, Patriots coach Bill Belichick told the Baltimore media on a conference call Wednedsay. Hes a good football player and hes been pretty good. Dont forget, he took them to the Super Bowl championship.Flacco, who threw four touchdown passes in last weeks 38-6 blowout of the previously hot Miami Dolphins, has thrown 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions while amassing a 91.3 passer rating against Brady-led teams. Brady has 10 touchdowns and 10 picks and has lost two fumbles in those games.Joe Flacco is one of the top quarterbacks in the league, Patriots safety and defensive captain Devin McCourty said Wednesday. I think his ability to get the ball down the field and also his experience and understanding of whats going on out there and knowing how to attack a defense.Brady and Flacco have split four postseason games, but the Patriots (10-2) are 7-1 all-time against the Ravens (7-5) in the regular season.We have to go up into a hostile place in New England that we really enjoy playing, Flacco said. Its going to be another important game in December up there on a Monday night, and its going to be a lot of fun. Im looking forward to it, big time.In six regular-season games against the Ravens, Brady is 5-1 but has just six touchdowns with three interceptions and a passer rating of 83.6. He has also been sacked 14 times.But thats the past. As far as the present, Brady last week posted win No. 201 to take the all-time lead, counting playoffs, away from Peyton Manning. He is one win from becoming the third quarterback with 180 regular-season victoriess -- a win he clearly hopes to get in this meeting with a fellow division leader.ddddddddddddow we have our toughest challenge, Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said. Were going to need to play our best football on Monday night up in New England to win that football game. We do believe we have a chance to do that based on where were at right now. Thats what were shooting for.Since returning from his four-game Deflategate suspension, Brady has completed 68.9 percent of his passes, throwing 19 touchdowns and just one interception -- the only pick thrown by New Englands three quarterbacks this season.But he will be missing two weapons in the teams first Monday Night Football matchup since 2007. Rob Gronkowski is out for the season with back surgery and Danny Amendola is out until the playoffs with a high ankle sprain suffered in last weeks win over the Los Angeles Rams.But rookie wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell has emerged in recent games and the Patriots have gone 7-1 with Brady back.The Ravens have won their last two, and really cooled off a hot team last week.Getting to the playoffs is a big accomplishment. To put yourself in position to play meaningful games in December is also a big accomplishment, Flacco said. You cant take that for granted. Youve got to keep your focus 100 percent of the time.Lost a bit in the excitement of Bradys record-setting day and the celebration of the 2001 title team was the kicking of Stephen Gostkowski, who made four field goals, three of them 45 yards or longer, as a sign he could be out of his slump. He was named AFC special teams player of the week Wednesday.Its a start. Its one game, Gostkowski said after the game. Every week is a different challenge. You just got to battle, keep your head down, stay humble and show up, but control your attitude and you effort and make sure both of those are good and have faith in the process that what youve been doing is going to continue. ' ' '