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TOKYO -- Former champion Caroline Wozniacki outlasted fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.Wozniacki won four of five break points in the nearly three-hour match at Ariake Colloseum.We played for such a long time and ... the standard was very high, Wozniacki said. Luckily, Im the one here, and Im happy to get through.Wozniacki, who won the title in 2010 and reached the final in 2014, looked set for a comfortable win but Suarez Navarro reeled off four straight games to take the second set.A sudden rain delay at the start of the third set took the momentum away from Suarez Navarro as the Spaniard double-faulted to slip a break behind.Wozniacki served out, and will meet either Yulia Putintseva or Magda Linette in the quarterfinals.Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska also faced a major challenge but prevailed over Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.Radwanska will next face Monica Puig, who rallied to upset 2013 champion Petra Kvitova 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.The Puerto Rican, who also beat Kvitova on her way to becoming the Rio de Janeiro Olympic champion, recovered from 4-2 down in the final set. She saved 10 of 13 break points.Japanese wild card Naomi Osaka beat sixth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 to set up a quarterfinal with either Karolina Pliskova or Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. Kyle Edmund fell to world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in the second round of the Shanghai Masters.Aiming for a major upset, Edmund instead succumbed 6-3 6-4 and had to settle for words of praise from his conqueror as his days reward.Wawrinka claimed the only break of the opening set in the eighth game, and then looked set to steam through the second after striking first for a 2-0 lead.But Edmund, the 21-year-old from Beverley in East Yorkshire, made a fight of the contest by reeling off the next three games, bringing the set back on serve and showing Wawrinka he would need to step up his game again.The US Open champion rose to the challenge in the ninth game, and then fended off three break points in the next to seal victory with a sliced backhand wiinner into the corner.dddddddddddd Edmund, at full stretch on the forehand, was unable to put the ball back into play.Wawrinka, who dismissed talk of him being a possible future world number one, said he had been wary about facing Edmund, who entered the worlds top 50 this week.I saw him play the last few days. This year Ive seen hes been playing really well recently, Wawrinka said. I was expecting a really tough match because hes improving a lot.Wawrinka added on Sky Sports 3: Hes a dangerous player.Im really happy with the way I controlled the match more or less with my game. There were a lot of positives for me. ' ' '