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Serena Williams was teed up for the upset. You could see it coming for Alize Cornet, the 49th-ranked Frenchwoman, whom Williams faced Monday in the second round of the Olympic Games in Rio. Cornet had beaten Williams the past three times they played, bringing their improbable rivalry square at three wins apiece.Just as ominous, the Olympic tournament was barely two days old and proving to be a hot mess -- a quagmire for favorites and stars.Among the casualties was mens top seed Novak Djokovic, who left the same Centre Court of the Barra Olympic Park weeping following his first-round loss Sunday to Juan Martin del Potro.Was it a further omen when top-seeded and three-time gold medalists Serena and Venus Williams were upset in the first round of doubles?Not hardly.Serena bent, but she did not break as she fought, foundered, recovered and hammered her way to a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win against Cornet.Ive lost some tough matches to her in the past, Williams told the on-court interviewer immediately afterward. I just had to not let all the elements get in my head because I didnt play great against her in the past.Cornets wins against Williams all happened in 2014, a stormy year for the American. And the skies werent always piercing blue for Williams in the interim, either. Who would have predicted that semifinal loss to Roberta Vinci at last years US Open? And what about her shortcomings in her next two Grand Slams, in Australia and France earlier this year?Cornet has the kind of game that makes other players want to teach her a lesson. Shes like a pebble in the shoe of everyone she plays. Shes tireless, her game is unpredictable, her attitude brazen. That puffball serve of hers begs to be clobbered, but its hard to time it right -- especially for a player like Williams, who feeds on pace. Cornets backhand is her pride and joy. Maybe thats why Williams went after it so wolfishly, stubbornly -- and futilely -- trying to break it down.Williams is 34, and questions always follow an aging athlete. Its all the more marked in the case of an icon like Williams. And the questions tend to repeat themselves. So do the answers. Over and over. At Wimbledon, she rebounded with an historic title. So its hardly surprising that once again Williams got into a jam Monday that she found a way to drill her way out of it.After racing to a 3-0 lead, Williams serve deserted her. She was broken, thanks to an untimely double fault in the next game. Then she failed to convert any of four break points in an agonizingly long game that followed, allowing Cornet to find some rhythm and work her way back into contention.Cornet is the wrong cat to let out of a bag. That was painfully clear to Williams when she found herself down double-set point at 4-5. Williams, however, hit a booming serve and powdered a backhand drive volley to dismiss one set point. Then she neutralized the other with an unreturnable serve.She continued hitting her dominant first serve and the crisis passed.An Olympic medal, like a coin, has two sides. The flip side of this one says that despite the drama and struggle, Williams did what Djokovic, Agnieszka Radwanska, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Venus and Ana Ivanovic -- to name a few -- have failed to do.She has lived to play another day in Rio. Vapormax Plus Cz . Isner, ranked No. 14, won his eighth career singles title and took the title in New Zealand for the second time after his victory in 2010. The match was similar to Isners quarterfinal victory over fifth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber which went to three sets, all tiebreaks and contained no breaks of serve. Vapormax Plus černé .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. http://www.vapormaxlevne.cz/vapormax-flyknit-boty/vapormax-flyknit-damske-sleva.html .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Vapormax Plus Pánská . -- Linebacker Myles Jack ran for four touchdowns, defensive end Cassius Marsh caught a scoring pass, and No. Vapormax Off White Cena . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury.Sri Lanka Cricket is set to reappoint former captain Sanath Jayasuriya as chief selector a year after he stepped down from the position. Sri Lanka Cricket chief Thilanga Sumathipala revealed Jayasuriya has agreed to take up the role but his appointment needs to be approved by the countrys sports minister. Sumathipala added that outgoing chief selector and former Sri Lanka batsman Aravinda de Silva will also be retained as an advisor.The proposed appointmennts are part of a number of changes after Sri Lankas group-stage exit from the World Twenty20 in India last month.ddddddddddddJayasuriya played 586 international matches for Sri Lanka across all formats, scoring 21,032 runs and taking 440 wickets. Also See: Fixtures/results Live cricket on Sky Get Sky Sports Cricket videos ' ' '