LOS ANGELES - Andy Roddick reached the Countrywide Classic semifinals with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Marc Gicquel of France on Friday night. Authentic Deion Branch Jersey. Roddick, seeking his third title of the year, was joined in the final four by friend and training partner Mardy Fish, who beat Florent Serra, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening match of the day. Fish will face Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, a 7-6 (6), 6-2 winner over American Amer Delic, and Roddick will meet German left-hander Denis Gremelmayr, who upset No. 5 seed Marat Safin of Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. "The second set was probably the best set Ive played in the last four months or so," said Roddick, who withdrew from Cincinnati with neck and shoulder pain last week and has been dealing with injuries all summer. "It just clicked in and the ball started doing what I wanted. "This is probably as optimistic as Ive been after match in quite awhile." Fish, the No. 6 seed in the 28-player field, said he turned down an invitation to the Olympic Games in order to maximize his preparation for the U.S. Open, where he "desperately" wants to do well. "I felt like I could get some serious matches under my belt, and its a tournament I felt I could win," Fish said. He hasnt done anything to make him change his opinion, either, losing just one set in three matches. Against Serra he got early service breaks in both sets and said that if he hadnt been broken in the second game of the second set, it would have been a very easy win. "That 1-0 game was big, having a break and being up 40-15 and losing that," he said. "I felt like mentally he was almost ready to check out if I had won that game." The Floridian almost won the other tournament he played in Southern California this year, bowing to Novak Djokovic in the Indian Wells final in March after beating three top 10 players, including No. 1 Roger Federer. Del Potro had to work perhaps harder than he anticipated, too, against the 137th-ranked Delic, who upset No. 7 seed Carlos Moya in the second round. "I started out very relaxed," the 19-year-old Argentine said, "and when he broke my serve (in the seventh game of the first set), I started playing much better. After that I played very good." Devery Henderson Jersey. After splitting two gut-wrenching overtime games in Vancouver, the Los Angeles Kings are back for Game 3 in their first playoff series since 2002. The youthful Kings inexperience was expected to be a liability in this series against veteran Vancouver, yet theyve twice risen to the challenge of sudden-death playoff hockey. Hines Ward Youth Jersey. Duchenes 26th goal of the season came four minutes and 30 seconds into the extra period as the Battalion (35-14-1-1) avoided being upset by Kingston, the worst team in the OHL. The win puts Brampton into a tie with the Belleville Bulls for first place in the Eastern Conference. 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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Eric Hinske doubled home the tie-breaking runs in the eighth inning to lift Atlanta to an 8-5 win over Kansas City and a series sweep of their interleague matchup at Turner Field. The Royals loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the eighth, but could not score against Craig Kimbrel. Hinske rifled a two-out double into the alley in right-center field in the bottom of the frame off Blake Wood (0-1) to plate two runners, break a 5-5 log jam and make a winner of Kimbrel (2-0). Billy Wagner tossed a scoreless ninth inning to recorded his 14th save of the season and 399th of his career. Chipper Jones added two hits, drove in three and scored twice for Atlanta, which completed its homestand by winning the last five after losing the opener. Chris Getz had two hits and two RBI, and Jose Guillen had two hits, drove in a run and scored twice for Kansas City, which has dropped four out of five. Kimbrel opened the eighth on the hill and committed a fielding error and issued two free passes that filled the bases. The right-hander then wrangled his way out of trouble, as David DeJesus took a called third strike before Mike Aviles went down swinging. Billy Butler then popped up to end the threat. Wood started the home half and ran into trouble with two down. Jones and Troy Glaus drew walks in front of Hinske, who jumped on an 0-1 offering and found enough open space in the outfield to score Jones and Glaus to put the Braves back in front by a 7-5 count. Brandon Hicks pinch-ran for Hinske and scored when Melky Cabrera followed wtih a base hit to left field. Our offense stayed in there and came back and scored late and the bullpen, we went out there and battled all day, said Kimbrel of the late inning heroics. One hitter, one inning at a time, we did a pretty good job holding them from scoring at the end of the game. Martin Prado opened the home first with a walk, stole second and remained there when Heyward walked. Jones then ripped a double into the right field corner to plate both runners and give the Braves the early lead. After another walk to Glaus, Kansas Ciity starter Kyle Davies retired the next two hitters before Omar Infante delivered a two-run double to left to make it a 4-0 game. Antonio Brown Jersey The Royals responded in the second with back-to-back run-scoring singles by Brayan Pena and Getz to cut the lead in half. Guillens run-scoring single, the third straight base hit to begin the third for the visitors, made it a 4-3 contest and chased Kenshin Kawakami from the hill. Cristhian Martinez took over and retired the first batter he faced before Mitch Maiers infield single that plated Butler with the tying run. One out later, Getz lofted a bloop double into right field that scored Guillen to give the Royals their first lead at 5-4. Kawakami remains winless in 14 starts after giving up five runs -- four earned -- on six hits over two-plus frames. Davies lasted 4 1/3 innings in his first start against his former team, giving up four runs on four hits and seven walks, while fanning six. Victor Marte finished the fifth to keep the Royals in front before Jones evened the game in the sixth with a double off Kyle Farnsworth. I grew up a Braves fan, its good to see them doing well, said Davies, who is from Decatur, GA, said about facing his hometown team. As far as the game goes, it was a little frustrating because if Id have had my command, it might have been a different outcome. GAME NOTES:The Braves improved to a major-league-best 24-7 at home...They upped their record to 7-2 in interleague play, while the Royals slipped to 5-7...Atlanta has gone 10-0-3 in its last 13 series since May 10 and 34-14 since snapping a nine-game losing streak on April 30...The Braves have won all 10 of their home day games..Prado has hit safely in eight straight, collecting 17 hits...Guillen has hit safely in a career-high 15 consecutive games, totaling 21 hits...The Royals open a three-game series in Washington, DC on Monday, making their first trip to the nations capital since 1971 when they faced the Washington Senators at RFK Stadium. Kansas City last faced the Washington organization in Montreal in 2004 and is 1-5 against the Nationals/Expos. ' ' '