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TASHKENT —Sixteen-year-old Donna Vekic of Croatia reached her first WTA final
beating Eva Birnerova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 in the Tashkent Open
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Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-3. Radwanska was the last remaining seed in the
tournament. But all eyes were on Vekic, a qualifier making her WTA main draw
debut. She has seven straight wins, including three over top-100 players this
week. With the semifinal win on Friday, the 183rd-ranked Vekic is projected to
improve at least 50 spots. “Its quite hard to believe,” Vekic said. “It feels
like a dream, but its the reality and I am so happy.” Serving was the difference
on Friday, as 133rd-ranked Birnerova hit 10 double faults and Vekic nine aces.
Vekic broke Birrnerova twice in the first and third sets. “She was a difficult
player and did not give me any rhythm,” Vekic said. “I lost my focus a bit in
the second set. I didnt play my best tennis today, but it is important to win on
days like these.” In the other match, Radwanska, the younger sister of
third-ranked Agnieszka, was no match for Begu. Begu, who also beat third-seeded
Alize Cornet of France and eighth-seeded Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan, will
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DH.DENVER—Two days after one of the worst performances of his young career,
rookie Kenneth Faried put together his best one yet—and both came against the
same team. Faried had season highs of 27 points and 17 rebounds, and the Denver
Nuggets never trailed in their most lopsided win of the season, a 123-84 victory
over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. He rebounded from a one-point,
four-rebound showing in Denvers 112-97 loss at Golden State on Saturday in which
his ragged defence also was factor in a 17-point, nine-rebound night by the
Warriors David Lee. Forty-eight hours later, Lee was limited to 10 points on
4-of-15 shooting with three rebounds, shut down largely by Faried. “I had one
(point) and four (rebounds) last game, and thats not my game at all,” Faried
said. “Im a very energetic guy. I rebound the ball. Im athletic and I can pretty
much do things for this team to help them win. Last time I played them, I didnt
do any of that, so tonight I just wanted to make it my mission to stop David Lee
and help my team win.” Consider the mission accomplished. “I thought it was
probably his best defensive game against a really good player,” Nuggets coach
George Karl said. “Forty-eight hours ago we were miserable. I had no idea a game
could be that much different, but Kenneth had a tremendous game.” The 39-point
margin exceeded Denvers previous high of 29 points against Sacramento on Jan.
25, and coincided with the return of Danilo Gallinari. He helped pick up the
offence by scoring 15 points in his first game since breaking his left thumb
against Dallas on March 19. “We got some confidence with Gallo back on the court
and our playmaking seemed to have more of a flow to it,” Karl said. The Nuggets
matched their season high in points and beat the Warriors for the first time in
three tries this season. They remained in eighth place in the Western Conference
with nine games remaining. Denver is in a tight race with seventh-place Dallas,
Phoenix, Utah, and Houston for the last two post-season spots in the conference.
“It was a good game for us because we lost to them two times pretty badly, so
coming back tonight was very important for us,” Gallinari said. Not so good for
the Warriors, though. “Got off to a bad start, had a bad middle, and finished
the game poorly,” Lee saidd. Lance Ball Jersey. “They predicted they would
bounce back after losing twice to us and have a good game. Unfortunately, they
were correct.” Arron Afflalo also had 15 points, and JaVale McGee and
Corey Brewer each added 13 for Denver. Golden State was led by Klay Thompson and
Nate Robinson with 17 and 16 points, respectively. Faried, a quick, powerful
forward, put on a dazzling show. He scored on an array of moves, driving to the
hoop for layups, putting in a couple of spectacular dunks off alley-oop passes
and soaring through traffic to hit jumpers from up close. He had a rim-rattling,
two-handed dunk that brought a roar from the crowd and put the Nuggets up 80-50
with 5:05 left in the third period. When he went to the bench a minute later for
a rest, the crowd showed its appreciation with a rousing ovation. Gallinari soon
added a 3-pointer and the Nuggets took an 83-50 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets substituted freely the rest of the way but still wound up stretching
their lead during the final period. The Nuggets led by as many as 31 points in
the first half and were in front 65-38 at the break after Faried grabbed an
offensive rebound and put it back in for a basket with 30 seconds remaining in
the second quarter. They gained command early by leaning on their transition
game, running the floor relentlessly en route to a 37-13 advantage at the end of
the first quarter. Faried was at the centre of the flurry, scoring 11 points in
the period, including a three-point play after throwing down a dunk around a
pair of three-point plays by Afflalo. “They came out like a team that was
embarrassed last game on national TV, and we came out going through the
motions,” Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. “Good old-fashioned beat down.”
NOTES: Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler missed a fifth consecutive game because
of a lingering groin strain. ... The Warriors remain without Andrew Bogut
(fractured left ankle) and Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle). ... The
Warriors 13 points in the first quarter was one over their season low for the
period. ... Farieds previous career highs were 20 points March 5 against
Sacramento and 16 rebounds against Boston on March 17. .. Denver had a 60-27
rebounding edge over Golden State. ... The Nuggets also scored 123 points
against New Jersey on Jan. 11. ’ ’ ’