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Trevor Immelman, Tim Clark, Camilo Villegas, Rory Sabbatini and Vijay Singh have confirmed their intention to compete in the 2012 RBC Canadian Open which begins Thursday, July 26 at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club. Peyton Manning Youth Jersey . Headlining the list is Vijay Singh, a 34-time PGA Tour winner who will compete in Canadas National Open Championship for an 11th time. The native of Fiji, who won the 2004 Canadian Open, is a three-time major winner including the Masters (2000) and PGA Championship (1998 and 2004), and has competed in eight Presidents Cups (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009). Trevor Immelman is a two-time winner on the PGA Tour including the 2008 Masters. No stranger to international competition, Immelman has competed in two Presidents Cups (2005 and 2007) and four World Cups (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007). The South African will compete in his fifth RBC Canadian Open. Tim Clark, a native of South Africa and who won the 2010 Players Championship, will be competing in his third RBC Canadian Open. Clark, a former graduate of the Canadian Tour, has competed in the Presidents Cup on three occasions (2003, 2005 and 2009) as well as a pair of World Cups (2002 and 2005). Rory Sabbatini is a six-time winner on the PGA Tour and will compete in his sixth RBC Canadian Open. He has competed in the Presidents Cup (2007) as well as six World Cups (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009) including South Africas winning team in 2003. Rounding out the list is Camilo Villegas, a three-time winner and crowd favourite on the PGA Tour. The Columbia native has competed in the 2009 Presidents Cup, the 2006 and 2011 World Cups and will be playing in the RBC Canadian Open for the eighth time. With the announcement of Singh, Clark, Sabatini, Villegas and Immelman, the international flavor of this years RBC Canadian Open continues to build with 18 countries represented including the United States, Scotland, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Brazil, India, Germany, New Zealand, South Korea, Venezuela, South Africa, Japan, Fiji, Sweden, Australia, England, Colombia and Canada. The players join an RBC Canadian Open field that includes previously announced headliners 2012 Players champion Matt Kuchar, two-time Canadian Open champion Jim Furyk, 2012 US Open champion Webb Simpson, 2-time major winner Retief Goosen, Japanese sensation Ryo Ishikawa, World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els and world No. 10 ranked Hunter Mahan as well as Paul Casey, Charl Schwartzel, Jason Day, Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley, Justin Leonard, Bo Van Pelt, Jonathan Byrd, Stuart Appleby and defending RBC Canadian Open champion Sean OHair. “Less than a week out from this years RBC Canadian Open and we are very pleased with how our field is coming together,” said Tournament Director Bill Paul. “With a mix of PGA Tour notables, international standouts and emerging talent, golf fans at Hamilton and across the country will be treated to a tremendous showcase of golf during the 103rd playing of Canadas National Open Championship.” PGA Tour players have until Friday at 5pm et to officially register for the 2012 RBC Canadian Open. 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[PhotoAgencies] SHANGHAI Chinese super star Liu Xiang said here on Sunday that he will not be satisfied with only a medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games after winning the Shanghai Diamond League with a world leading time this season.Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) – Two-time champion Rafael Nadal and British hopeful Andy Murray were a pair of first-round winners Tuesday at Wimbledon. The second-seeded former world No. 1 Nadal was tested mightily in the opening set before ultimately cruising to a 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Brazilian fellow lefthander Thomaz Bellucci on the famed Centre Court at the All England Club. Nadal lost the first four games of the match before turning things around on Day 2. Nadal moved on in 2 hours, 15 minutes with the help of six service breaks, compared to three breaks for Bellucci. The great Nadal owns 11 Grand Slam titles, including seven French Opens and a the pair of Wimbledon championships. The super Spaniard has appeared in the last five major finals, going 2-3, including another big win in Paris a few weeks ago. He lost to Novak Djokovic in last years Wimbledon finale. Nadal is now 36-5 lifetime at Wimbledon and a perfect 33-0 in his career first-round Grand Slam matches. Up next for the Spanish strongman will be Czech Lukas Rosol. The fourth-seeded Murray mauled fading former world No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 on Centre Court. Murray is a three-time Grand Slam runner-up and has appeared in the Wimbledon semifinals the last three years. Hes trying to give Britain its first male major titlist since Fred Perry in 1936. Also on Tuesday, flashy Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, former U.S. Open champ Juan Martin del Potro and on-the-mend American Mardy Fish reached the second round at tennis most prestigious event. The fifth-seeded former Australian Open runner-up Tsonga whipped fading Aussie star Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Court 1. The two-time major titlist Hewitt, a wild card this week, is a former No. 1 and was the Wimbledon champ back in 2002. He hadnt lost in the first round here since 2003, when he was the defending champ. Tsonga was a Wimbledon semifinalist last year. A ninth-seeded del Potro defeated Dutchman Robin Haase 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. The towering Argentine “Delpo” has never made it past the fourth round at the All England Club. Meanwhile, the 10th-seeded world No. 12 Fish handled 34-year-old Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) on Court 12. Fish serve-and-volleyed his way past Ramirez Hidalgo, striking 43 more winners (61-18), including 24 aces, than his overmatched Spanish counterpart, who was the oldest player in the mens draw here. The 30-year-old Fish had been sidelined with fatigue-like symptoms since late March and had to undergo a medical procedure called a cardiac catheter ablation to correct a heart problem, which involved misfiring electrical pulses in his heart. Fish canceled his Tuesday post-match news conference, because “hes not feeling well,” an ATP spokesman said. The former topp-10 star Fish, who was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year, will meet British wild card James Ward on Thursday. Peyton Manning Jersey. Meanwhile, 12th-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro outlasted diminutive Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-7 (4-7), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-4 in a match that was suspended because of darkness on Monday, and Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen took out 14th-seeded Spanish fellow lefthander Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. Almagro survived Rochus in 3 hours, 24 minutes with the help of a whopping 48 aces. In other action involving seeds, No. 16 Croat Marin Cilic dismissed German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; No. 19 rising Japanese Kei Nishikori bested Kazakhstans Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5, 6-3, 6-4; Belgian David Goffin upset No. 20 Aussie Bernard Tomic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; No. 22 Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov handled Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-3, 6-4, 7-5; No. 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber outlasted fellow German Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2; and promising Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov took out No. 32 South African Kevin Anderson 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3. The talented Tomic was a surprise Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year. The oft-injured former world No. 2 Haas was a surprise grass-court titlist in Halle two weeks ago, stunning Swiss icon Roger Federer in the final. Some action was suspended because of rain late in the day, as 30th-seeded American Andy Roddick was leading Brit Jamie Baker 7-6 (7-6), 3-1 when play was stopped. The former world No. 1 and former U.S. Open champion Roddick is a three-time Wimbledon runner-up, with all three losses coming against the six time champion Federer. Also, seventh-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was leading Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 0-1, 21st-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic was ahead of Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4, 4-3, and Austrian Jurgen Melzer was leading 25th- seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-4, 5-3 when play was called on Day 2. Several other men posted wins on Tuesday, including former Aussie Open runner- up Marcos Baghdatis, Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, and Americans Sam Querrey, Brian Baker and Jesse Levine. Querrey beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4, while Baker bested Portuguese Rui Machado 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-0, and Levine topped Slovak Karol Beck 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-2. The first round will conclude while the second round will commence on Wednesday, including matches for top seed Novak Djokovic and a third-seeded Federer. Djokovic will take on 20-year-old American Ryan Harrison, while Federer will be opposed by Italian Fabio Fognini. The five-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic is the reigning Wimbledon, Aussie Open and U.S. Open champ. Federer is the mens all-time leader with 16 major titles, including his six Wimbledon wins. ’ ’ ’
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