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SHANGHAI -- Hideki Matsuyama arrived at the HSBC Champions as the first Japanese player in nearly two decades to reach the top 10 in the world ranking. His 19 birdies over 36 holes in biting chill and swirling wind helped explain how he got there.Even as the weather shifted dramatically Friday at Sheshan International, Matsuyama kept piling up the birdies. One last birdie on the par-5 18th gave him a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead going into the weekend of the final World Golf Championships event of the year.He is playing very well, said Rory McIlroy, who was six shots behind. And hell be tough to catch.Matsuyama was at 13-under 131 and led by three shots over defending champion Russell Knox (68) and Bill Haas (67). He shouldnt have been surprised by the result because it was his eighth consecutive score in the 60s dating to the second round of the Tour Championship.What made this one so satisfying were the conditions.Rain the last two days gave way to a strong wind when Matsuyama was warming up, and the wind made the sharp dip of temperatures into the 50s feel even worse.I thought maybe just a couple under par would be a good score, Matsuyama said. So Im really happy with how it ended up today. It was windy and cold. The ball, its hard to control. It was tough out there today.It was plenty tough for Adam Scott, who had a pair of double bogeys on the par 5s on his way to an 80. Kevin Kisner, a runner-up at the HSBC Champions last year, made a 9 on the final hole for an 80.Fifteen players still managed to break 70 because of the rain-softened greens, and while Matsuyamas 65 was the best score of the second round, making it even more impressive was that he also had two bogeys. On Thursday, he had 10 birdies against four bogeys.Nineteen birdies ... thats really, really strong, Knox said.Matsuyama already is having his biggest year since he began playing regularly round the world in 2014. He overcame a two-shot deficit over the last two holes and beat Rickie Fowler in the Phoenix Open. He had another top 10 in the Masters. And while he went into a summer lull of poor putting -- Matsuyama missed the cut in the U.S. Open and British Open -- the 24-year-old returned to form at the PGA Championship with his best finish in a major (tie for fourth) and has been steady ever since.Two weeks ago, he won the Japan Open for his ninth victory worldwide. He was runner-up to Justin Thomas in Malaysia last week, pushing his PGA Tour earnings for the year to over $4.6 million and moving him to No. 10.The last Japanese player in the top 10 was Jumbo Ozaki during the week of the 1998 Masters.A better attitude has helped this week, too. Matsuyama doesnt have much of a record in the World Golf Championships, with his only top 10 at the Dell Match Play a year ago in San Francisco when he reached the quarterfinals, only to be blown out by McIlroy.In three previous appearances at the HSBC Champions, he withdrew twice and tied for 41st.I havent really played well here before, he said. So before coming here, I was a little bit nervous again thinking, `Well, maybe its not going to be a good week for me. But then I decided, `Lets just have fun this week. Its made a difference.It didnt look like much fun on Friday, particularly the final hour when the temperature dropped and a light rain fell.This felt like a cold day at Pebble Beach, said Daniel Berger, who had a 70 and was in the group five shots behind.McIlroy thrived, too, and at least got back into the mix going into the weekend at Sheshan. He figured a 66 would do the trick, and it might have felt even better if Matsuyama had not gone one better in the second round.McIlroys only blemish came at the reachable par-4 16th, when his tee shot was just right of the green and in a hazard. He found the ball in the bushes and thought for the longest time about playing it, constantly rehearsing a swing to see if the branches would allow him to make contact.A wiser head (and advice from his caddie) prevailed, McIlroy took a penalty drop and got out with a bogey. He made up for it with a birdie on the final hole for a 66 that at least has him range, though much depends on Matsuyama.Theres definitely some rust in the 71 yesterday. I feel like Ive shaken most of that off, McIlroy said. It should be a good weekend. Im just happy to be in the mix. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- The goal posts lying flat on the field, Arizonas fans lingered on the field, congregating around the locker room entrance nearly 30 minutes after rushing out of the stands. Court documents released Tuesday reveal more details about a claim that famed Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew as early as 1976 that assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had been accused of sexually abusing boys. Heres what you should know about the newly unsealed records:---WHY IS NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT FOUR YEARS AFTER SANDUSKY WAS CONVICTED?Penn State and its insurance carrier are fighting over whether the insurer will have to cover Sandusky-related claims and have obtained sworn depositions from key witnesses and other documents or information that had not previously become public. The presiding judge, after requests from The Associated Press and other media outlets, released some of that information.---WHAT ARE THE NOTABLE NEW REVELATIONS?A judge had previously disclosed that there were allegations Paterno fielded a complaint about Sandusky in 1976. The documents include portions of the accusers deposition in 2014 saying Paterno, when told that a boy had been molested, responded that he didnt want to hear about it and had a football season to worry about. Another man says in 1987 an assistant football coach witnessed Sandusky fondling him and then walked out of the room. That coach died four years ago. A deposition by former assistant coach Mike McQueary, who complained to Paterno after seeing Sandusky and a boy in a team shower in 2001, said former Penn State coach Tom Bradley said he knew of some things about Sandusky dating to the 80s, though Bradleys lawyeer flatly denied he saw any abuse.dddddddddddd The records include an opinion from an expert working for the insurance carrier that payments by Penn State to victims seemed very high and could be a result of the schools concern about publicity and desire to get the scandal behind it.---WHAT DO PATERNOS FAMILY AND PENN STATE HAVE TO SAY?Paterno family lawyer Wick Sollers said in a statement that there were numerous specific elements of the accusations that defy all logic and have never been subjected to even the most basic objective examination.Penn State President Eric Barron wrote to people connected to the university to say the alleged knowledge of some former Penn State employees is not proven and that speculation divides the Penn State community.---DO THESE DISCLOSURES SETTLE ANYTHING ABOUT WHO KNEW WHAT AND WHEN?Much of the new information is contained in sworn depositions, but they involve matters that date back 30 or 40 years. Paterno died in 2012, and the schools top administrators who dealt with complaints about Sandusky are awaiting criminal trials and generally have not been willing to speak in detail in public about what they know.Some of the claims and statements in the newly public records were immediately disputed, and its unlikely the latest disclosures will end the impassioned debate that has raged around the Sandusky scandal since 2011. ' ' '