Serena:I`m not in the required form yet

Two-time champion Serena Williams qualified for the third round of the Indian Wells tennis tournament. The former number 1 in the world, who returned to court this week after more than a year of absence due to pregnancy and childbirth, eliminated the 29th in the Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 7:6 (5), 7:5. I`m approaching but I have a lot of work I definitely felt better compared to the first round but I`m still not in the right shape I`m making mistakes I do not usually do I accept everything as a trial period, traveling with the baby, which is something completely new to me, `said the 23-time Grand Slam champion. She lost a 1:3 gap and 3:5 in the first set, and in the second part she managed to make the decisive break for 6:5, then closed the match at her own serve.




In the third round, the American will face her older sister and number eight on the Vinus Williams scheme, which eliminates Romanian Sorana Curtis with 6:3, 6:4, which catches an e arly break in the second set before it is successful. Both will face each other so early in a professional tournament analyzed by soccer dropping odds for the first time since their meeting in the second round of the Australian Open in 1998. `It was obviously my desire to meet each other but not against her, but that`s the lot I hate to play against her but at the same time I enjoy the battle we are on the court I do not like the time after the matches`said Serena Williams, who has 17 wins in 28 games against Vinis so far.

Granit Jack:We have shown spirit and character

Arsenal midfielder Granit Jacka has expressed the opinion that many criticize the game adviced by today soccer matches for the team, although they do not know what is actually happening in the team. Londoners had a series of four consecutive losses with a goal difference of 1:8 before the victory over Milan with 2:0. Many people talked about us from outside, but nobody knows what exactly is happening inside the team We showed unity, we showed spirit and character in the match with Milan Everyone knows that we lost the last four games so it was difficult for usbut in the match with Milan we showed a good game, `said Granit Jacka.




Arsenal is in sixth position after 29 rounds in the Premier League. Arsene Wenger`s players have an asset of 45 points, which means a lag of 33 goals by Manchester City.

Formally:Nadal misses two big tournaments

The world`s top tennis leader, Rafael Nadal, has used his Facebook profile to announce he is retiring from the upcoming Masters Series tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami. The reason is the thigh injury, which forced the 31-year-old Spaniard to miss the Acapulco tournament. `Unfortunately, the injury I received before the start of the Acapulco tournament is at the same place as my Melbourne trauma, and I will not be able to play at the tournaments in Miami and Indian Wells because I will have torestore, `Nadal wrote in the social network.

`It was really painful to refuse to participate in Acapulco and it is very difficult to miss the tournaments in the United States and I hope that I will be able to participate in them in 2019`, wrote the winner of 16 Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard did not play at the Australian Open 1/4 final when he dropped out of the fifth set of his match predicted by s porttips with Croatian Marin Cilic for injury.

Chelsea and Barca have 'old bills' for clearance

Barcelona is coming to Chelsea in one of the most anticipated clashes of the 1/8-finals in the Champions League. The instant form favors the Catalonians, but Chelsea is the most dangerous when underestimated. Both teams have a rich history of meetings with each other, all after 2000. Interestingly, out of a total of 12 matches, only two are in the group stage of the WS and the other 10 are in the eliminations.

For the last time, the rivals went out against each other in the 2011/12 semi-finals when Chelsea went on to Stamford Bridge 1:0 and Camp Nou 2:2. Since then, Barca`s Pedro Rodriguez and Cesc Fabregas are already in the `blue` of London.

The most memorable were the games in 2009. Then the two teams were again rivals of the semi-finals and the first game ended 0:0. On the rebound in England Chelsea led and was already in the final, but Andres Iniesta`s goal in the added time brought Barca`s final mentioned by sporttips success.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte must decide who to start at the top of the attack. More likely, this is Alvaro Morata, who has already been fully rebuilt, but Olivier Girush has chances after having already scored his first goal for the team. Marcos Alonso will return to the squad, but Tiemue Bakayoko will miss the game. David Luiz and Ross Barkley will be at least questionable, but even if they fall into the group, they will not be holders. The three defenders of Thibault Courtois will be Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Gary Cahill, and N'Golo Kante, Cesc Fabregas and Daniel Drinkwater will have to stop Barca`s midfielders and help Eden Hazard in building the attacks.

Barcelona will not be able tto use Philippe Coutinho who has already played matches in the Liverpool tournament. Lionel Messi will try to score his first goal against Chelsea in its ninth match against Lond oners, and the magnificent Luis Suarez will be another big threat to the home side. Ousmane Dembele is healthy and is expected to be in the starting lineup of the Catalonians. Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic will be the rest in the midfield of Barca. Nelson Semedo is punished by defenders, but Valverde will be able to use the usual captains Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Samuel Imtiti and Jordi Alba.

* Chelsea recorded 3 losses in 4 games before winning its last two games with a goal difference of 7:0

* `Blues` has only 2 defeats of 16 matches against Spanish teams

* Barcelona receives only one lossin all official games in the season

* The Catalonians did not hit their three goals in the group in the Champions League

* Messi has not scored in its eight games against Chelsea and only once won the team from Stamford Bridge

Champions League, 1/8-finals:

CHELSEA - BARCELONA
Probable Players:

CHELSEA (3-5-1-1):Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, G. Cahill,Moses, Drinkwater, Kante, Fabregas, M. Alonso, HazardMorata

Senior Coach: A. Conte

BARCELONA (4-4-2):Terr Stegen;S. Roberto Pique, Umutiti, Alba;Dembele, Rakitic, Buscakes, Iniesta;L. Suarez, Messi
Senior coach:F. Valverde

Alaves overcame and Seedorf`s team

Alaves`s team scored a third consecutive victory in Primera after 1:0 against Deportivo La Coruna in a 24th round match via record of football forecast played in Vitoria. Munir El Haddadi scored the only goal in the 61st minute. With the success, the Basques already have a 10 point lead in front of the 18th Las Palmas. The Gallic team, led by Clarence Seedorf, is 19th after its 15th loss.

In the sixth minute Ruben Duarte hit a beam. In 15th minute, Florin Andone failed to take advantage of Rodrigo Ely`s mistake. In the 17th minute, Zakaria Bakkali also hit the beam. In the 48th Ruben Martinez, he faced a new danger after a shot by Alejandro Martinez. In the 61st, Barcelona`s former striker, Munir has a great goal. He fired a defender and from 20 meters sent the ball in the upper right corner of the goal keeper - 1:0.

Neymar Senior called the critics of his son 'vultures'

Neymar`s father used the Insragram social network to protect his son from the criticism of the attack on Paris Saint-Germain after the loss of Real Madrid. Neymar-Senior called critics `vultures` and assured that the battle may be lost, but war is not.

`In one war there are people who feed on victories and those who, like vultures, eat the corpses ofmy son struggles since childhood and he always did it honestly, he avoided the vultures and he grew stronger every time We lost the battle but we will see if we will lose the war because it lasts as long as we are on the battlefield. And certainly . . . like a phoenix, he will be reborn, ready for all the battles ahead. with, vultures, you will remain hungry.', read a message of the emotional Neymar senior.

Dramatic loss for Nice, Balotelli again at the center of events

Nice continues to drop in League 1 after receiving a third consecutive loss. The Eagles again retreated with a goal difference, this time with Dijon 2:3. Lucien Favour`s team led to the 78th minute, but with Julio Tavaresh`s shot from the penalty and Chang-Hoon, Quon Dijon managed to reach the three points and moved away from the danger zone. Mario Balotelli failed to write but did not go unnoticed. Fourteen hours before the end, the Italian striker of Nice complained to referee Nicole Ravenville that some of the host`s fans had offended him on a racist basis. However, the referee did not like SuperMario`s high tone and showed him a yellow card.


All goals in the match according fixed matches fell after the break. In the 61st minute, Tavaresh was defeated by the guests, and opened coolly in favor of Dijon. Pierre-Lees Mello, with a technical performance, equalized in the 64th, and a little later Alasan Plea realized a second goal for Nice.

In the 78th minute the hosts received a penalty kick in the penalty area and Tavares missed it. Dijon`s victory brought the Korean Chan-Hoon Quon in the 84th minute. Bordeaux continued his successful series and achieved a fourth consecutive victory. Girondezzi beat 3:2 over Amiens and climbed to 8th place on the table.

Munchie is also up and out with 1:0 undersider Metz, and Gingan and Kane made a zero draw.



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