• Castleford Tigers' Zak Hardaker, who like Tomkins could have played at full-back, is furthermore not picked, after he attempted positive for cocaine. Rugby League World Cup Live Warrington forward Ben Currie and St Helens prop Alex Walmsley - both of whom are uncapped - are rung. Hooker James Roby returns following a two-year nonattendance from the gathering. 

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    Event: Rugby League World Cup Place:Australia, New Zealand and Papua New GuineaDates: 27 October to 2 December

    Wigan free forward Sean O'Loughlin boss a squad featuring seven NRL-based players, including South Sydney Rabbitohs couple Sam and Tom Burgess. 

     

    James Graham and Gareth Rugby League World Cup 2017 Live  Widdop of the St George Illawarra Dragons, Canberra Raiders coordinate Josh Hodgson and Elliott Whitehead, and Cronulla Sharks' Chris Heighington are moreover included. 

     

    England head tutor Wayne Bennett expressed: "The power of Super League and NRL, and knowing the goal of playing for your country in a World Cup, has made many raise their preoccupation and end up being better contenders. 

     

    "The England program has been astoundingly unique crashing into this opposition and having the squad get together on reliable occasions - on and off the field - has put us in a positive place before everyone gets into camp." 

    The nonattendance of Sam Tomkins may have bewildered a couple, especially given Zak Hardaker isn't open, yet looking squad, Wayne Bennett would seem to have penciled in St Helens' Jonny Lomax as his first-choice full-back. 

     

    Tomkins hasn't done what's required since his entry from harm to influence the England selectors that he's set up for the all inclusive stage. 

     

    Bennett has gone for measure in the outside backs. Check Percival is named in the 24, yet don't be astonished if Leeds powerhouse Kallum Watkins and Ben Currie - generally speaking a forward - are the picks in the core interests. 

     

    Currie has quite recently played a couple of entertainments at the back end of the season for Warrington after a broad lay off with a chief cruciate ligament issue, and by and by can't win an England top, yet his pace and power make him a potentially rise player. 

     

    You can't battle with James Roby's landing following a two-year worldwide nonappearance, since he's been as intense as ever for Saints this year. Roby and Josh Hodgson make a world-class coordinating to perused at hooker. 

     

    It will eagerness to see what Bennett's choice is in the parts, however a short time out from the most punctual beginning stage, Gareth Widdop and Luke Gale would seem, by all accounts, to be the mixing of choice. 

     

    Regardless, an opposition played over a six-week time allotment should mean essentially everybody in the squad gets a go as shape changes and wounds happen. 

     

    Regardless, diverged from various squads and the settled thought of this English set-up going into RLWC 2017, they have a better than average shot of accomplishing the toward the end in any occasion. 

     

    Full squad: John Bateman, Kevin Brown, Sam Burgess, Tom Burgess, Ben Currie, Luke Gale, James Graham, Ryan Hall, Chris Heighington, Chris Hill, Josh Hodgson, Jonny Lomax, Jermaine McGillvary, Mike McMeeken, Sean O'Loughlin, Mark Percival, Stefan Ratchford, James Roby, Scott Taylor, Alex Walmsley, Kallum Watkins, Elliott Whitehead, Gareth Widdop, George 

     

    A day after 2016 Dally M victor Rugby League World Cup Live Stream Taumalolo left the Kiwis, Fifita joined the battle by pounding back a Kangaroos jumper to play for the country of his inheritance. 

     

    In doing all things considered, the two players similarly cost themselves up to $50,000 in organize portions for level one nations. 

     

    The group were on Thursday named in a strong 24-man squad, including Michael Jennings, Konrad Hurrell, Manu Ma'u and Will Hopoate. 

     

    Tuimoala Lolohea and Ata Hingano are the possible halves.Kangaroos' new child on the piece Wade Graham said he moreover took a gander at Tonga as a veritable test. 

     

    Should Tonga finish best of social occasion B, which fuses New Zealand, Samoa and Scotland, they could meet Australia in the toward the end in Brisbane. 

     

    "They're unquestionably a magnificent gathering. [Taumalolo and Fifita] emphatically add to any gathering they play in. Obviously an impressive measure's happened today [Thursday]. It's all hard to process as of now," Graham said. 

     

    It was only a year prior when the Rugby League International Federation free capability precepts to empower players from level one nations to play for making class countries.


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  • Northern Pride star Colin Wilkie isn't hesitant to concede the tears will stream the first occasion when he hears the Italian national hymn played at the current month's Rugby League World Cup 2017 . Wilkie transparently sobbed before his initially test coordinate for the Azzurri a year ago as his musings swung to his late mother, Martha, who kicked the bucket of disease in 2013, matured only 55. 

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    After formally being named in the World Cup squad today, Wilkie said hearing the news from mentor Cameron Ciraldo brought back similar feelings he felt a year ago on the eve of his Italian presentation. "I was shocked how functioned up I got, mate. I didn't expect it," Wilkie said. "I was very enthusiastic. It's quite unique, particularly now that Mum isn't around any longer. I addressed my father amid the week. Very little flusters the old fella ... in any case, I believe he's truly pleased as well." 

    Martha Wilkie, nee Raciti, was the girl of Sicilian workers who moved to Far North Queensland looking for a superior life. The family authority maintained a taxi business in Tully before working at the mail station. "She was the paste to the family, a truly uncommon woman. Herbert River and Tully rugby alliance clubs have grants named in her respect, which is stunning," her child said. 

    "Being such a little group, everybody knew her. What might be a hour occupation would dependably take her six in light of the fact that everybody would wind up conversing with her."We are out there to speak to the club we play for. There are a ton of grassroots players viewing and we are good examples for the children who take after rugby group. Their folks need to know they are protected playing the diversion. "We aren't there to battle. We aren't boxers. We play the amusement at its hardest and as well as can be expected.'' 

    World Cup matches will be administered by one ref as opposed to two, with video surveys to be directed at the ground instead of by Rugby League World Cup Live fortification authorities. Bowman said the audit framework would mean longer sits tight for a few choices than with the fortification innovation. Gillett said he was satisfied that one official would control World Cup recreations. 

    The Australian players will prepare in Brisbane this evening and fly on Thursday to Fiji, where they will play two 40-minute diversions against Papua New Guinea and after that Fiji on Saturday. Gillett and Wally Lewis will bolster Suncorp Stadium's gathering pledges for the Hear and Say establishment which incorporates a golf day at Sanctuary Cove on October 20. 

    "You'd never go to the general store with her (thus)." Mrs Wilkie imparted a solid hard working attitude in her youngsters and bolstered her child's rugby class tries. "She was alway at the bottle, on the entryway or behind the bar. She was pretty active with her chance. She never had foes," Wilkie said. 

    "I was just at Herbert River for a long time after I completed (playing in the NRL). To be completely forthright, she likely biggerly affected the club than I." The Cairns Post can uncover Wilkie will be participated in the Italian World Cup squad by kindred Northern Pride players Ryan Ghietti, Justin Castellaro and Joel Riethmuller. 

    Italy group administrator Reno Santaguida said the Pride players bring an abnormal state of understanding and polished methodology to the gathering. "I've had the delight of dealing with those young men for a long time," Santaguida said. "They've been a piece of our program for quite a while, especially Joel and Ryan backpedaling to the World Cup in 2013. "The pride they demonstrate each time the wear the Azzurri is extraordinary. They're quality players and quality individuals who will never disappoint you." For Wilkie, who came back to state level rugby class after very nearly 10 years away in 2016, the opportunity to play close by Pride partners and NRL stars, for example, James Tedesco and Nathan Brown is a blessing from heaven. 

     

    "I'm quite recently so stirred mate," he said. "It's been a long couple of years. I had it in the back of my mind a few years prior when I initially returned this could happen and now it's genuine." Italy play Ireland on October 29 at Barlow Park in Cairns. It will be trailed by the Scotland versus Tonga coordinate. In an unexpected move, NRL stars Jason Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita will arrange for the Polynesian country after already speaking to New Zealand and Australia respectively.MATT Gillett says World Cup guidelines ought to have influenced punching a programmed sin-to canister offense, similarly as in the NRL, to give a superior exhibit to worldwide rugby alliance. 

     

    World Cup arbitrators supervisor Tony Archer  Rugby League World Cup 2017 Live affirmed on Monday that the 14 national groups had been informed that players gambled being sin-binned for punching. In any case, under worldwide principles it doesn't justify a programmed sin-canister period, as it has done in NRL and Origin matches since 2013. "We found out about the no wrongdoing binning guideline when Sam Burgess punched David Klemmer in that amusement in England,'' said Gillett of the punch that cut Klemmer's eye in the Four Nations pool coordinate a year ago. "We're not accustomed to it here that being play-on. I'm content with what we have (in the NRL) about punching.


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  •  Chiefs vs Patriots Live Stream execution against the Chicago Bears and included the Tennessee Titans offense had a lot of work to do before the normal season begins. They'll get one more opportunity to work out the preseason wrinkles when they confront Kansas City on Thursday (5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET).

    Mariota was abnormally inconsistent with his tosses amid the amusement against the Bears and he said he was endeavoring to do excessively. The Titans offense battled until the point when they managed a touchdown drive late in the second from last quarter. While the starters regularly play pretty much nothing, if by any stretch of the imagination, in fourth and last preseason amusement, Tennessee mentor Mike Mularkey may have the starters play an arrangement to check whether they can discover consistency and a cadence right on time in the diversion.



    Kansas City mentor Andy Reid said youngster Patrick Mahomes will begin at quarterback in the diversion. Mahomes was the No. 10 pick of the Chiefs vs Patriots Live draft and is viewed as the successor to Alex Smith, who won't play Thursday night. DeForest Buckner and Arik Armstead have said they can be a power when they're on the field in the meantime.

    The two San Francisco 49ers protective linemen and previous Oregon stars didn't get a lot of a chance to play together amid the 2016 season, however now they are playing together and demonstrating they are fit for tying down the barrier.

    Buckner and Armstead helped the 49ers post a solid protective exertion amid the primary portion of their preseason amusement against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. The 49ers held the Vikings first-group offense scoreless in the principal half.

    "Our cautious front seven is the point of convergence of the group," Armstead told correspondents after the diversion. "It will go how we go. In the event that we stop the run and weight the quarterback, great things will happen."

    Buckner, seeing his initially amusement activity since exasperating a lower leg damage two weeks prior at Kansas City, sacked Vikings beginning quarterback Sam Bradford on the second play from scrimmage in the diversion. He completed with three handles. Armstead additionally sacked Bradford, posted two quarterback hits and drew a holding punishment that was declined.Armstead missed eight diversions with shoulder damage in 2016, however he's sound. Buckner played in 15 amusements and drove the   in snaps in 2016, when he was on the field for 1,108 plays. His 1,008 snaps on resistance was second just to New York Giants guarded end Olivier Vernon (1,054) in 2016.

    The two have indicated what they are fit for fulfilling for one half. The inquiry is would they be able to create reliably amid the consistent season. On the off chance that they can, the 49ers protection will be vastly improved contrasted with 2016, when they were positioned rearward altogether defenseThe Seattle Seahawks will see a commonplace face when they look over the field Thursday night. They will see previous partner Marshawn Lynch siding on the sideline, wearing a silver and dark uniform when they confront the Oakland Raiders Thursday night (7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, NFL Network).

    You can watch a live stream of the diversion on Chiefs vs Patriots The Seahawks will endeavor to complete the preseason with an unbeaten record in four recreations. Quarterback Russell Wilson looks in middle of the season frame and he has the offense playing at an abnormal state as they get ready for their consistent season opener Sept. 10.

    The status of running backs Thomas Rawls (lower leg) and C.J. Prosise (crotch), who have missed the previous two amusements, stays indeterminate. A large portion of the starters will play close to nothing, assuming any, snaps in the amusement. The instructing staff needs to get a long look and assess the reinforcements and others before the last program cutdown at 1 p.m. Sept. 2The Seahawks may see a greater amount of Lynch remaining on the sideline than in the amusement. Lynch has played little in the preseason, conveying the football four times for 16 yards in two preseason diversions.

    Oakland quarterback Derek Carr and the offense was on point amid their amusement against Dallas Saturday. Carr finished 13-of-17 goes for 144 yards and two touchdowns, tossing scoring goes of 17 yards to Cordarelle Patterson and a beautiful 46-yard go to wide recipient Amari Cooper in the diversion. Carr has finished 20-of-26 goes for 244 yards with four touchdowns and a passer rating of 128.9 out of two preseason games."I thought Jamaal was noteworthy," Broncos mentor Vance Joseph told journalists after the diversion. "That is to say, he hadn't played football in just about 18 months. To take the contact to discover open space the way he did, got the ball well and his assurances were great. I was inspired with Jamaal and I was trusting he resembled that today around evening time. I was satisfied."

    Charles, who had marked a one-year free operator contract with the Broncos, entered the day knowing the amusement spoke to his opportunity to acquire a spot on the changeless program. Joseph affirmed that Charles had in reality secured a spot.

    "For the Chargers? You mean in two weeks? Truly, I trust so. Totally," Joseph said.

    Charles, 30, is a decent fit in hostile organizer Mike McCoy's framework. He can run, get goes out of the backfield and he showed a capacity to hinder in pass assurance. Charles demonstrated what he's equipped for in open space and McCoy has composed particular plays to exploit Charles' abilities.

    I have an inclination that I didn't have to do nothing. I simply expected to play football and do what I do each time I venture on the football field," Charles told correspondents after the diversion. "I sense that I didn't need to demonstrate nothing to no one. I've been playing football my entire life, in the event that they need me here, they need me here. In the event that they don't, they don't. I simply didn't take it like that."

    Charles will begin the season as the Chiefs vs Patriots  reinforcement to C.J. Anderson, be that as it may, on the off chance that he can stay sound, he could supplant Anderson at some point amid the season.


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  •  Chiefs vs Patriots  execution against the Chicago Bears and included the Tennessee Titans offense had a lot of work to do before the normal season begins. They'll get one more opportunity to work out the preseason wrinkles when they confront Kansas City on Thursday (5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET).

    Mariota was abnormally inconsistent with his tosses amid the amusement against the Bears and he said he was endeavoring to do excessively. The Titans offense battled until the point when they managed a touchdown drive late in the second from last quarter. While the starters regularly play pretty much nothing, if by any stretch of the imagination, in fourth and last preseason amusement, Tennessee mentor Mike Mularkey may have the starters play an arrangement to check whether they can discover consistency and a cadence right on time in the diversion.


    Kansas City mentor Andy Reid said youngster Patrick Mahomes will begin at quarterback in the diversion. Mahomes was the No. 10 pick of the Chiefs vs Patriots Live draft and is viewed as the successor to Alex Smith, who won't play Thursday night. DeForest Buckner and Arik Armstead have said they can be a power when they're on the field in the meantime.

    The two San Francisco 49ers protective linemen and previous Oregon stars didn't get a lot of a chance to play together amid the 2016 season, however now they are playing together and demonstrating they are fit for tying down the barrier.

    Buckner and Armstead helped the 49ers post a solid protective exertion amid the primary portion of their preseason amusement against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. The 49ers held the Vikings first-group offense scoreless in the principal half.

    "Our cautious front seven is the point of convergence of the group," Armstead told correspondents after the diversion. "It will go how we go. In the event that we stop the run and weight the quarterback, great things will happen."

    Buckner, seeing his initially amusement activity since exasperating a lower leg damage two weeks prior at Kansas City, sacked Vikings beginning quarterback Sam Bradford on the second play from scrimmage in the diversion. He completed with three handles. Armstead additionally sacked Bradford, posted two quarterback hits and drew a holding punishment that was declined.Armstead missed eight diversions with shoulder damage in 2016, however he's sound. Buckner played in 15 amusements and drove the   in snaps in 2016, when he was on the field for 1,108 plays. His 1,008 snaps on resistance was second just to New York Giants guarded end Olivier Vernon (1,054) in 2016.

    The two have indicated what they are fit for fulfilling for one half. The inquiry is would they be able to create reliably amid the consistent season. On the off chance that they can, the 49ers protection will be vastly improved contrasted with 2016, when they were positioned rearward altogether defenseThe Seattle Seahawks will see a commonplace face when they look over the field Thursday night. They will see previous partner Marshawn Lynch siding on the sideline, wearing a silver and dark uniform when they confront the Oakland Raiders Thursday night (7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, NFL Network).

    You can watch a live stream of the diversion on Chiefs vs Patriots The Seahawks will endeavor to complete the preseason with an unbeaten record in four recreations. Quarterback Russell Wilson looks in middle of the season frame and he has the offense playing at an abnormal state as they get ready for their consistent season opener Sept. 10.

    The status of running backs Thomas Rawls (lower leg) and C.J. Prosise (crotch), who have missed the previous two amusements, stays indeterminate. A large portion of the starters will play close to nothing, assuming any, snaps in the amusement. The instructing staff needs to get a long look and assess the reinforcements and others before the last program cutdown at 1 p.m. Sept. 2The Seahawks may see a greater amount of Lynch remaining on the sideline than in the amusement. Lynch has played little in the preseason, conveying the football four times for 16 yards in two preseason diversions.

    Oakland quarterback Derek Carr and the offense was on point amid their amusement against Dallas Saturday. Carr finished 13-of-17 goes for 144 yards and two touchdowns, tossing scoring goes of 17 yards to Cordarelle Patterson and a beautiful 46-yard go to wide recipient Amari Cooper in the diversion. Carr has finished 20-of-26 goes for 244 yards with four touchdowns and a passer rating of 128.9 out of two preseason games."I thought Jamaal was noteworthy," Broncos mentor Vance Joseph told journalists after the diversion. "That is to say, he hadn't played football in just about 18 months. To take the contact to discover open space the way he did, got the ball well and his assurances were great. I was inspired with Jamaal and I was trusting he resembled that today around evening time. I was satisfied."

    Charles, who had marked a one-year free operator contract with the Broncos, entered the day knowing the amusement spoke to his opportunity to acquire a spot on the changeless program. Joseph affirmed that Charles had in reality secured a spot.

    "For the Chargers? You mean in two weeks? Truly, I trust so. Totally," Joseph said.

    Charles, 30, is a decent fit in hostile organizer Mike McCoy's framework. He can run, get goes out of the backfield and he showed a capacity to hinder in pass assurance. Charles demonstrated what he's equipped for in open space and McCoy has composed particular plays to exploit Charles' abilities.

    I have an inclination that I didn't have to do nothing. I simply expected to play football and do what I do each time I venture on the football field," Charles told correspondents after the diversion. "I sense that I didn't need to demonstrate nothing to no one. I've been playing football my entire life, in the event that they need me here, they need me here. In the event that they don't, they don't. I simply didn't take it like that."

    Charles will begin the season as the Chiefs vs Patriots Live Stream  reinforcement to C.J. Anderson, be that as it may, on the off chance that he can stay sound, he could supplant Anderson at some point amid the season.


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  • Fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev crashed out of the US Open Tennis 2017 Results on Wednesday night, losing, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4), in the second round to his fellow 20-year-old Borna Coric. With the late withdrawal of second-seeded Andy Murray, Zverev was the highest seed in his half of the draw, and he had a golden opportunity to make a deep run at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.But he still has not made it past the second round at the United States Open. And his best result at a Grand Slam event is reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon this year.
     
    “It’s upsetting because the draw is pretty open in the bottom part,” Zverev said. “I felt like I should have been the favored there. You know, I just played a very, very bad match, so it’s unfortunate. But that’s how it is.”Continue reading the main story RELATED COVERAGE Player (on the Court) Gets Input From Coach (in the Stands) AUG. 30, 2017
     
    Who Is Frances Tiafoe? Federer Sure Found Out AUG. 30, 2017 Roger Federer Survives a Scare, and Rafael Nadal Overcomes a Din AUG. 29, 2017 Naomi Osaka Ousts Angelique Kerber, the Defending Champion, at the U.S. Open AUG. 29, 2017 Brienne Minor, Following in Family’s Footsteps, Reaches the Big Stage AUG. 29, 2017
    Instead, his older brother, Mischa, is the last Zverev standing after he beat Benoit Paire, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 7-5, to reach the third round.
     
    Fifth-seeded Marin Cilic, the 2017 US Open Tennis 2017 Schedule champion, is now the highest remaining seed in the bottom half of the draw.
     
    On a night when the tournament lost one rising star, another one grew brighter as 18-year-old Denis Shapovalov of Canada ousted eighth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3), in a night match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Shapovalov upset the top-ranked Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup in Montreal this month during a run to the semifinals. Shapovalov, playing in his first United States Open, will meet Kyle Edmund of Britain in the third round.Nick Kyrgios, the mercurial Australian star, offered courtside spectators a running commentary during his first-round match against his countryman John Millman on Wednesday afternoon. Kyrgios complained about his right shoulder, which he appeared to reinjure. He barked an obscenity, which drew a code violation. And he bemoaned his bad fortune, which led to another early exit.
    Sixth-seeded Dominic Thiem quickly finished off a match suspended Tuesday, defeating Alex de Minaur, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. Thiem will next face the 19-year-old American Taylor Fritz, who gained his first win at a Grand Slam tournament, beating Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Read more about Fritz here.
     
    ■ Fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina lost the second set after her first-round match against Katerina Siniakova resumed, but won the match, 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-3. No. 10 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 13 Petra Kvitova also advanced.
     
    ■ The No. 14 seed Kristina Mladenovic, who has struggled since the French Open, lost to Monica Niculescu, 6-3, 6-2. No. 22 Shuai Peng was beaten by Donna Vekic, 6-0, 6-2.
     
    ■ Nicolas Mahut, a qualifier, US Open Tennis 2017 Schedule knocked out 20th-seeded Albert Ramos-Viñolas, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 in a second-round match. Richard Gasquet, the No. 26 seed on the men’s side, fell in the first round to Leonardo Mayer, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Mayer earned a spot in the main draw as a lucky loser from qualifying. The qualifier Stefano Travaglia upset his Italian countryman Fabio Fognini, the No. 22 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-0. No. 27 seed Pablo Cuevas also lost, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-1, to Damir Dzumhur.
     
    ■ Seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, who won the Cincinnati event last week, cruised into the second round with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over Vaclav Safranek. He will play Andrey Rublev on Thursday.
     
    ■ Tomas Berdych, the No. 15 seed, topped the American Ryan Harrison, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (4). No. 24 Juan Martin del Potro won his first-round match, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), on Ashe Stadium against Henri Laaksonen.
     
    ■ Gaël Monfils, the No. 18 seed and a semifinalist last year, opened his tournament with a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4 victory against his fellow Frenchman Jérémy Chardy. Ben Austen recently profiled Monfils for The New York Times Magazine. Monfils will next play Donald Young of the United States.
     
    ■ CiCi Bellis, a U.S. Open crowd favorite, served for the match against Nao Hibino, but lost 12 of the last 15 points to fall, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, in the first round.
     Brienne Minor, the reigning N.C.A.A. Division I women’s singles champion, lost her U.S. Open debut to Ons Jabeur, 6-1, 7-5. Read about Minor and her tennis-loving family.
     
    Kyrgios, the No. 14 seed, never goes down quietly. In that sense, his 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss to Millman felt like more of the same: same fiery temper, same lack of composure, same disappointing result.
     
    The twist, at least this week, was that Kyrgios arrived at the US Open 2017 Draw with his game and his emotions seemingly intact. He was coming off a fine run at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals and later advanced to the final before losing to Grigor Dimitrov.But against Millman, Kyrgios appeared to aggravate a lingering shoulder injury, which forced him to retire from a match at the Citi Open in Washington this month. On Wednesday, during a changeover in the third set, Kyrgios shared his troubles with a physiotherapist who massaged his shoulder.“I’m feeling good, I finally have a good week last week, and then I come to the U.S. Open,” Kyrgios said.
     
    As the match wore on, Kyrgios exhausted his allotment of medical treatments. He commemorated losing the third set by smashing his racket into the general shape of the letter G. (He earned a point penalty for that bit of pyrotechnics.) He spent the rest of the match shaking his head. — SCOTT CACCIOLAThis time Maria Sharapova did not shed any tears or fall to her hands and knees as if she had won a championship. She merely smiled, waved and advanced.
     
    Sharapova, who made her emotional return to Grand Slam tennis on Monday with a striking victory over second-seeded Simona Halep, defeated Timea Babos of Hungary, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1, in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday in what she described as a “scrappy” match during an interview on court afterward.
     
    Sharapova’s victory over Halep was her first Grand Slam match since the Australian Open in January 2016, after which she served a 15-month doping suspension.
     
    In the third round on Friday, Sharapova will play Sofia Kenin, an 18-year-old who, like Sharapova, was born in Russia but moved to the United States as young child. Kenin beat another young American, Sachia Vickery, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (0).
     
    Kenin was one of several American women to win on Wednesday, including US Open Tennis 2017 Draw (who beat her fellow American Alison Riske), Jennifer Brady, Shelby Rodgers (who beat her fellow American Kayla Day), Nicole Gibbs, Christina McHale and Sloane Stephens, who upset No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, in 2 hours 42 minutes.And the dean of all American women, ninth-seeded Venus Williams, advanced to the third round with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Oceáne Dodin at Ashe

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