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Western Bulldogs midflelder Lin Jong has made a strong case for a stunning AFL grand final recall with a best-afield performance.The Bulldogs medical staff might also have tricked the opposition as Jong starred for Footscray in the VFL grand final win over the Casey Scorpions.Sundays game at Etihad Stadium was less than three weeks since Jong broke his collarbone in the elimination final win over West Coast.Jong was in tears with his right arm in a sling soon after suffering the injury.But the onballer has made a quick recovery and he won the Norm Goss Medal as best afield in Sundays match.Jong broke his right collarbone against the Eagles - but curiously his left shoulder was strapped for the VFL grand final.After Jong hit the post with a shot at goal at quarter time, opponent Lynden Dunn bumped his left shoulder and that sparked an all-in brawl.This would not be the first time that medical staff have strapped an uninjured limb, hoping the opposition would target it instead.Footscray coach Ashley Hansen paid tribute to Jong after their 31-point win over Casey.We saw in Perth how much the football club and playing in a finals series means to Lin, Hansen said.For him to perform how he did today is a testament to himself.If Jong forces his way back into the Bulldogs AFL lineup, he would have the rare distinction of playing in two grand finals only six days apart.He is among several selection headaches for the Bulldogs and Sydney ahead of next Saturdays AFL premiership decider.Bulldogs Jordan Roughead has an eye injury after a ball was kicked into his face during Saturdays epic preliminary final win over the Giants.Roughead has hyphema, or bleeding in the eye.The Bulldogs remain confident he will recover in time for the grand final.Will Minson and Tom Campbell, the most likely candidates to replace Roughead if he cannot play, also played for Footscray in the VFL grand final.Former Hawthorn defender Matt Suckling, the only Bulldog who has played in an AFL grand final, missed Saturdays match with an Achilles tendon injury.The Swans also have three major injury considerations for the grand final.Tall defender Aliir Aliir suffered a right knee injury just before quarter time in Friday nights preliminary final win over Geelong.The Swans said on Sunday that scans showed he had suffered a low-grade medial ligament strain.They added he remains a chance to play.Co-captain Jarrad McVeigh (calf) and Rising Star winner Callum Mills (hamstring) did not play against the Cats.McVeigh said at a pre-game function on Friday night that he was close to being available for the preliminary final. 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Liverpool and Southampton sent Chelsea down to fourth place as the west London club was held to 2-2 at home. NEW YORK -- The `tweener lob Rafael Nadal somehow conjured up to get to match point was so spectacular, he was asked whether hed ever before hit a shot quite like that.Well, actually, yes, Nadal said, nodding and laughing. Not many times, but I remember one.This one certainly was memorable, providing quite a flourish at the end of a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over 47th-ranked Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia on Friday night that put Nadal back in the U.S. Opens fourth round for the first time since winning the 2013 title.The owner of 14 Grand Slam trophies, including two at Flushing Meadows, Nadal hadnt been to the fourth round at any major tournament since the 2015 French Open.This season, he lost in the first round of the Australian Open. Then he pulled out of the French Open before his third-round match because of a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, an injury that forced him to withdraw from Wimbledon altogether and miss about 2+ months on tour in all.You need to be patient. You need to take your time, recover, work hard, Nadal said. Thats what I did. Thats all.Nadal said the wrist, which helps generate all of that heavy topspin on his uppercut of a lefty forehand, still feels pain -- but noted that its something that is not limiting my game now. Thats the most important thing.He said his forehand is improving, and hes particularly pleased to be more comfortable hitting that stroke down the line, whiich opens up space to allow him to hit it cross-court.dddddddddddd Against Kuznetsov, Nadal produced 15 of his 22 winners with forehands.But the shot everyone will talk about was not a forehand. Closing in on victory, Nadal raced toward the baseline to retrieve a lob hit by Kuznetsov. With his back to the net, Nadal lifted himself off the ground and flicked a lob of his own through his legs. His racket then slipped out of his hand, but he leaned over to grab it and eventually took that point.Afterward, Nadal screamed, punched the air and spread his arms wide, pumping his fists.You cannot practice that kind of shot, he said.Not everything went so perfectly for Nadal on this evening in Arthur Ashe Stadium. His level dipped in the second set, when he double-faulted five times and was broken twice.Still, he overcame that blip and came up with a strong close. Not only has he not lost a set through three rounds, but Nadal has dropped only 20 games so far.Its the fewest games hes lost en route to the fourth round at the U.S. Open.Next comes a matchup Sunday against 24th-seeded Lucas Pouille of France.I need to be ready for the match, Nadal said. I need to be ready to play my best if I want to keep going.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich ' ' '