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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Germany took a commanding 2-0 lead over Slovakia in the Fed Cup first round after Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber won the opening singles on Saturday. Petkovic saved a match point to upset Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, and No. 9-ranked Kerber overcame Daniela Hantuchova 7-6 (9), 6-1. Germany needs one more win to advance to the semifinal to face Australia or Russia in April. In the second-set tiebreaker, the 36th-ranked, hard-hitting Petkovic wasted five straight set points before saving a match point at 6-7 on the indoor hard-court. "It was a turning point," Cibulkova said. In the final set, Petkovic jumped ahead 3-0 and broke the 13th-ranked Cibulkova again to take control at 5-1. Cibulkova briefly came back with a break but Petkovic secured another break in the final game, converting her first match point with a passing forehand winner. Gerber broke Hantuchova in the fourth and sixth games of the second set before serving out their match. Hantuchova lost her serve three times in the opening set but managed to come back each time to force a tiebreaker. The Slovak wasted two set points and saved Kerbers two before sending a forehand too long on the Germans third set point. The reverse singles and the doubles, with Hantuchova expected to team up with Magdalena Rybarikova against Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld, are scheduled for Sunday. Fjallraven Kanken Big Backpack Cheap . "Well over 50 (per cent)," coach Claude Noel said Tuesday after practice, where the Jets were looking at ways to cut down the scoring chances theyve been giving away. Fjallraven Kanken Classic Backpack UK . After Andrew Romine served up two monster home runs in the inning, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he thought Romine was one of the bright spots on the night, showing just how bad the series opener against the last-place Minnesota Twins went for the Tigers. http://www.kankenbackpacksaleuk.com/. "I never commented to anyone that I wanted out," he explained. "My heart is with this group and making the playoffs." Kesler added that the rumours are "completely false" that he asked to be traded - recently or ever. Kanken Big Backpack Uk .com) - Coming off a pair of tough losses last week, the Syracuse Orange will try to put an end to their first losing skid of the season when they pay a visit to the Maryland Terrapins at the Comcast Center on Monday night in Atlantic Coast Conference action. Kanken No.2 Backpack UK .The ruling takes effect on Jan. 1 and stems from the debate surrounding Paralympic champion Markus Rehm, an amputee who won the national long jump title competing with a carbon-fiber prosthesis.Bucharest, Romania - Romanian favorite Simona Halep was an easy second-round winner Thursday at the inaugural Bucharest Open tennis tournament. The top-seeded French Open runner-up defeated Serb Aleksandra Krunic 6-2, 6-4 on the red clay at Arenele BNR. The world No. 3 Halep, who was a Wimbledon semifinalist last week, will face Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena in the quarterfinals on Friday.dddddddddddd Also on Day 4, Montenegros Danka Kovinic tackled fourth-seeded Italian Karin Knapp 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 and seventh-seeded Czech Petra Cetkovska edged out Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4). The maiden Bucharest champion will pocket $43,000. ' ' '