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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Maria Sharapova lost her second straight match at the WTA Championships on Wednesday, a 7-6 (4), 6-4 defeat to Li Na. Canada Goose Uitverkoop . The result leaves Sharapova on the brink of elimination from the season-ending tournament, but she still has a slim chance of advancing to the semifinals if she wins her final round-robin match against Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka maintained her perfect record against Sam Stosur with a 6-2, 6-2 win earlier Wednesday. Sharapova led 4-2 in the first set before Li broke back to force the tiebreaker, where the Russian let a 4-0 lead slip away. Li then took a 5-2 lead in the second and served out the match on her second attempt. Sharapova lost to Sam Stosur of Australia in her opening match Tuesday. The second-ranked Russian said "the swelling got a little worse" after her first match, and that "it just limits my movement a lot, and its not something I really want to risk." Li, the French Open champion, is the first Chinese player to qualify for the season-ending event for the worlds top eight players. Stosur, the U.S. Open champion, was coming off her first ever win over Sharapova on Tuesday but appeared flat as she came out for Wednesdays opening match. In her first match in the White Group, the fourth-seeded Azarenka broke four times to take her head-to-head record against Stosur to 5-0. "I didnt play aggressive enough ... I dont feel like I did anything," Stosur said. "I just kind of got pushed around the court, and eventually was made to make an error or she would hit a winner." The Australian said her performance wasnt affected by the late match against Sharapova the previous evening. "Oh, I cant blame that," she said. "Yeah, it was a quick turnaround, but I felt like I was ready to go." In the Red Group, No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki faced Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the late match. Canada Goose Jassen Uitverkoop . Verhaeghe, taken in the third round of last years draft (82nd overall), will join the Marlies of the AHL on an amateur tryout agreement for the remainder of the season. Nike Air Max 90 Awart Dames . -- Untapables dominant effort in the Kentucky Oaks gave Rosie Napravnik big momentum in her bid to become the first female jockey to win the Kentucky Derby.ST. JOHNS, N.L. - Craig Cunningham scored a short-handed goal as the Providence Bruins edged the St. Johns IceCaps 3-2 in American Hockey League action Tuesday. Matt Lindblad and Anthony Camara also scored for the Bruins (24-18-6), while Malcolm Subban stopped 27 shots. Adam Lowry and Ben Chiarot replied for the IceCaps (26-17-3). The Bruins opened the scoring 27 seconds into the second period when Nick Johnson passed out front and Lindblad scored a low one-time slapshot. The IceCaps equalized when Jerome Samson fired a point shot, which was tipped hhome by Lowry with lots of traffic in front of the net 4:33 into the second period on the power play. Canada Goose Jassen Outlet Nederland. . Cunningham scored with a high blocker backhand on a shorthanded breakaway at the 11:10 mark of the third period. The Bruins took a two-goal lead when Camara tapped the puck into a practically-empty net, as IceCaps goalie Michael Hutchinson was caught out of position 15:07 into the third. Chiarot pulled the IceCaps within one off a wrist shot with 3:17 left in regulation. Hutchinson finished with 28 saves for the IceCaps. Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China cheap jerseys factory ' ' '