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Milos Raonic reacts during his men's singles match against Ryan Harrison at the US Open on Wednesday in New York City. Photo: IC
French Open champion Garbine -Muguruza and Wimbledon -runner-up Milos Raonic crashed out of the US Open on Wednesday as the $150 million roof on Arthur Ashe -Stadium rolled smoothly into action for the first time.
Third-seeded Spaniard Muguruza air jordan 1 wheat release , who has struggled in the aftermath of her Roland Garros breakthrough in June, slumped to a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova, the world No.48.
A horribly out-of-sorts Muguruza rallied from 1-5 down in the second set, saving three match points, but Sevastova air jordan 1 wheat 2017 , who briefly quit the sport in 2013, held her nerve for the victory.
Having not won a match at the US Open in five years before this week, 26-year-old Sevastova now goes on to face Kateryna Bondarenko, a 5-7, 7-6 (75), 7-5 winner in three hours over China's Zheng Saisai.
Meanwhile air jordan 1 wheat , 120th-ranked RyanHarrison of the US stunned fifth-seeded Raonic 6-7 (47), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 in another second round upset.
"It was extremely physical out there. I was playing on adrenaline," said 24-year-old qualifier Harrison who was as high as 43 in the world in 2012.
He goes on to face experienced -Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis for a place in the last 16.
Harrison has now reached the third round of a Slam for the first time after recording just his second win over a top-10 opponent in 27 meetings.
Raonic, considered as a potential title dangerman in New York wheat 1s jordan , hit 69 winners but committed 62 unforced errors. "I started cramping midway through the second set. There was a lot of nerves and stress. It was a result of over-exuberance," said 25-year-old Raonic.
Rafael Nadal, the 2010 and 2013 champion, eased past Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 in a match which became the first to be completed -under the new retractable roof on Ashe.
Light rain caused the structure to be closed at 3-3 in the second set with play only held up for around seven minutes.
"It's part of history and I am very happy to be the first to play under the roof jordan 1 wheat golden harvest ," said Nadal, who was also the first to practice beneath the roof on the cavernous 22,000-capacity arena.
Nadal beat Seppi for the eighth time in nine matches and next faces Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic made the last 32 of a major for the 33rd successive time without hitting a ball when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their second-round encounter suffering an inflammation of the left forearm.
Djokovic will face 34-year-old Russian Mikhail Youzhny, twice a semifinalist, on Friday for a place in the last 16.
BRUSSELS, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) called on Wednesday for the European Union (EU)'s relationship with Turkey to be reassessed.
This came after the controversial Turkish constitutional referendum held on April 16 jordan 1 wheat pre order , and in which 51 percent of votes favored constitutional reform that would see sweeping new powers bestowed on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The referendum, held to deem whether Turkish voters wished to see the country's constitution changed in order to create a presidential system in lieu of the current parliamentary system, has been critiqued by some external and international observers for irregularities calling into question the fairness of the vote.
Introducing the European Parliament's Wednesday debate on the future of EU-Turkey relations, parliamentary President Antonio Tajani declared, The European Union does not intend in any way to close the door to the Turkish people, with whom "we are friends with and with whom we want dialogue and openness."
"We cannot look the other way when events proceed along a course which is in the opposite direction of the process of European construction jordan 1 wheat for sale ," he said, while pointing to the possible reintroduction of the death penalty as "an inviolable red line" for any future Turkish accession to the European Union.
Tajani insisted however, that "Europe is not an islamophobic continent," with millions of European citizens exercising their freedom to practice Islam.
"We have stressed on many occasions that it is Turkey's sovereign right to let its citizens vote on whether to have a parliamentary or a presidential system," European Commissioner Johannes Hahm, charged with the European Neighborhood Policy and Englargement negotiations jordan 1 high wheat , told MEPs on Wednesday. "However, the constitutional reform and the circumstances in which the referendum took place are a matter of concern."
Dahm expressed the European Commission's concerns that the proposed constitutional reforms would move Turkey "even further away from European standards." The Commissioner also highlighted that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe had found the circumstances of the vote to not have been a "level playing field." He also underlined that the close result indicated a highly-divided population.
Following the Commissioner's presentation, MEPs almost unanimously called for reassessments of the EU-Turkey relationship, with many questioning the honesty of continued accession negotiations.
Manfred Weber (Germany), chairman of the European People's Party, was highly critical of the negotiations which began in 2005. "Unfortunately jordan 1 retro wheat , Mr. Erdogan, with his behavior, is closing the door to partnership with the European Union. Turkey is going in the wrong direction, anyone with open eyes can see that. It's time for us to reassess our relationship."
The EPP chairman asserted, even so, that he didn't "want to close the door jordan 1 wheat release ," and that a new relationship was necessary.
Elsewhere, the main Turkish opposition party, the CHP (Republican People's Party), will challenge the referendum result at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), after a Turkish High Court refused to . |
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