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Third round underway at Madrid Open
Chinese ace and world number-2 Li Na is safe through to the final 32/ fourth round at the Madrid Open.
Li Na came back from one set down to beat 16th seeded American teenager Sloane Stephens, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
In 2nd round action from last night,
It was top seed Serena Williams breezing past China's Peng Shuai in straight sets 6-2, 6-3.
Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska had to save three match points in a row before finally edging out Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6.
Radwanska is next up against Roberta Vinci in round three after the Italian dispatched 13th seed Caroline Wozniacki.
On the men's side, world number one and top seed Rafael Nadal only dropped on game to cruise into the third round after hammering Argentina's Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-love.
Seventh seed Andy Murray has also booked a place in the third round with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 victory over Spain's Nicolas Almagro.
Murray will meet Santiago Giraldo after the Colombian upset 11th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Grigor Dimitrov, the 12th seed, was given a very tough time by Marius Copil before finally coming through in the 3rd set tie-breaker 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.
The Bulgarian will now face sixth seed Tomas Berdych in the third round.
Oklahoma City Thunder beat the LA Clippers 112-101 to level the WC semi finals series
In NBA playoff action,
The Oklahoma City Thunder have evened up their western conference semi-final at one-game apiece after downing the Los Angeles Clippers 112-101 this morning.
New league MVP Kevin Durant had 32 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder.
His 9-assists left him just short of recording a triple-double.
The Thunder's Russell Westbrook did register a triple-double, however, with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
The series now shifts to Los Angeles for game three on Friday.
The Indiana Pacers have also evened their Eastern Conference semifinal with an 86-82 victory over the Washington Wizards.
The Pacers' Roy Hibbert scored a season-high 28 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
Marcin Gortat led the Wizards with 21 points and 11 rebounds in the loss.
Game 3 in that series will also take place on Friday.
There are two games scheduled for tomorrow morning.
The first one will see Brooklyn try to even its series with the Heat in Miami, after the Nets were thumped in game-1.
The later matchup has San Antonio hoping to take a 2-nothing series lead as they play host to Portland.
Pittsburgh takes 3-1 series lead over Rangers
In the NHL playoffs,
There was just one game played this morning.
The Pittsburgh Penguins now find themselves one-win away from the Eastern Conference finals after downing the New York Rangers 4-2 this morning.
The Rangers, on home ice, only managed to produce 15 shots on Penguins goaltender Marc Andre-Fleury throughout the entire game.
The Penguins balanced their offense, getting goals from four separate players.
Game 5 of the Pittsburgh/Rangers series is set for Friday night back in Pittsburgh with the Penguins holding the 3-1 series advantage.
There are two games scheduled for tomorrow morning.
Montreal is at home to Boston hoping to take a 3-1 series lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final.
And out West, Los Angeles hopes to take a 3-nothing strangle-hold in their series at home to Anaheim.
South Korea, Brazil announce 2014 FIFA World Cup squad
In soccer,
The squad South Korea is sending to this year's World Cup has been revealed.
17 overseas-based players are going to be part of the 23-man squad, including nine currently playing in Germany and the U.K.
Arsenal forward Park Chu-young has been tapped to appear in his third World Cup, despite struggling for playing time with Arsenal.
Only one player on the South Korean squad is over the age of 30.
Head coach Hong Myung-bo says he doesn't think the relative age of his team will be a problem.
"It is a young team. However I won't say that the team is inexperienced. The reason is because our players are already playing in good leagues. Of course, I am not certain how much the other teams know about our individual players. Also as mentioned through the media, people will think our team will be a speedy team."
South Korea is set open their World Cup finals campaign against Russia on June 17th.
Brazil's national team squad has also been unveiled.
The team is made up of a mix of talented young stars such as Neymar and Oscar.
They will also play along-side more experienced players such as Julio Cesar, Dani Alves, David Luiz, Thiago Silva and Hulk.
AC Milan's Kaka and Atletico forward Ronaldinho are among the big names who have not been added to the Brazilian team.
Olympics Nanjing- Youth Olympic Games Organisers Hold News Conference in Beijing
Organisers for this year's Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing say all the prep works is entering in the final stages.
Test events are now being scheduled for later this month.
The second edition of the Youth Games will be hosted in Nanjing from August 16th-28th.
34 venues will be used for both competitions and for training.
Only one facility has been newly-built for the Youth Games.
The Youth Games will feature 222 events in 28 different sports.
Golf and rugby have been newly added for the Nanjing Games.
Over 38-hundred athletes from over 200 countries are set to take part.
China's delegation includes 123 athletes competing in all 28 sports.
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