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TOKYO -- Top-seeded Misaki Doi of Japan lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the Japan Open on Tuesday.Sasnovich secured the win after breaking Dois serve in the final game, and will face Alison Riske of the United States in the next round.In another upset, second-seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium was beaten by Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 6-1, 7-6 (7).Defending champion Wickmayer, whose title here last year was her first in five years, had her serve broken four times in the first set.Also, fourth-seeded Johanna Larsson of Sweden defeated Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-3, 6-2. Junior Seau Chargers Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Melvin Ingram Youth Jersey . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. http://www.prochargersteamstore.com/Youth-Mike-Williams-Elite-Jersey/ . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Antonio Gates Chargers Jersey . Dukurs winning time was 1 minute, 45.76 seconds, a quarter-second better than Russias Alexander Tretiakov. Lativas Tomass Dukurs was third, 1.41 seconds off the pace. Jon Montgomery of Eckville, Alta. Melvin Gordon III Womens Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup. Summer time and the start is easy. Or so it would seem for South Africa.The season proper kicks off on Sunday with a fixture against Ireland, a team South Africa have played only four times in the past and beaten on every occasion. What could possibly go wrong? Faf du Plessis, the stand-in captain, knows what.When you play a small nation, youve got everything to lose and theyve got everything to gain, he said. They can play the perfect match and if you make a couple of mistakes, they beat you and thats never something you want to do as a big nation.Without regular captain AB de Villiers, who is injured, regular opener Hashim Amla, who is awaiting the birth of his third child, and regulars in the bowling attack like Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Kyle Abbott, South Africa could be vulnerable. This means they may take the field with three debutants. They will definitely have one in Temba Bavuma, who has been asked to open the batting as South Africa look to develop him in that role for the future.Not only is it a position that is fairly unknown to him, but it is also a format he has not exactly set the stage alight in. Across 69 List A matches, Bavuma has an average of 26.73, so there will be pressure on him to perform. Its a great opportunity for him, du Plessis said. He will be the first guy to say that his one-day record is not what he wants it to be, so he has got an opportunity to improve it.The other rookies, Dwaine Pretorius and Andile Phehlukwayo, make up two of three allrounders in the squad alongside Wayne Parnell. Had Chris Morris been fit, South Africa would have had a quartet of two-in-one players to choose from - a lluxury after several years of searching for someone to fill that spot.ddddddddddddHaving tried several players, including Ryan McLaren and Albie Morkel, South Africa have been unable to find a top-order allrounder in the Jacques Kallis mould. They now seem to be settling with the idea of a seam bowler who can bat in the lower-middle order. Now, it up to Pretorius, Phelukwayo and Parnell to prove their worth. Weve always said that we really need allrounders to come through to make the balance of our team easier, du Plessis said. They will all get game-time over these ODIs.The main worry for South Africa is not who will get time in the middle, but who will not. Morkel and Morris will not feature at all as they recover from back and knee niggles respectively, but the focus is on de Villiers, who will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday to determine whether he needs surgery on his elbow. If he does, he will miss the Test tour of Australia, which will leave it to du Plessis to lead, and it seems he is more than willing to take over in any format.Du Plessis, who took over for the two-Test series against New Zealand last month, believes he is improving in the job.Captaining in a Test match was unbelievable, he said. That is the pinnacle To get through that series with a much-needed win, which we needed as a team, also gave me as a captain confidence. As a captain you need to learn always, you are never the finished article. I enjoy making sure the team is going in the right direction and leading by example. ' ' '