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TOKYO -- Shuai Zhang of China overcame Varvara Lepchenko of the United States to win 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-3 at the Japan Womens Open on Friday to remain on course for her second career title.Shuai, the highest remaining seed at No. 6, will next face Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, who defeated Alison Riske of the United States 6-2, 6-4.Seventh-seeded Christina McHale of the U.S. defeated Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.McHale lined up Jana Cepelova of Slovakia in the other semifinal Saturday. Cepelova removed Japans last singles hope, Kurumi Nara, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, to reach her first semifinal in two years. . After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. Etoo gave Jose Mourinhos team a decisive lead from Oscars back pass in the 34th. . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. . The 18th player to shoot 60 on the tour, Jamieson settled for par on the final hole when his 15-foot birdie chip grazed the edge of the hole and stayed out. After opening with rounds of 66 and 73 to make the cut by a stroke, he had 11 birdies in the bogey-free round. . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. PHOENIX -- For three innings, Shelby Miller looked like his season-long problems were solved.Then it all fell apart.San Diego tagged the Arizona right-hander for five runs in the fourth inning and the Padres went on to beat the Diamondbacks 13-6 on Wednesday night.It was almost like they got something on him, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. It was five runs on 12 pitches. It was quick and they did a good job of getting on the early pitches. It was a tough one to watch. He was so good for three innings. It was like `Is this guy going to throw a nine-inning shutout tonight? then boom.Miller (2-9) threw 34 pitches and allowed one hit in the first three innings. He wound up giving up six runs and seven hits in six innings.The first three innings were good, he said. We got ahead in counts and threw some good curveballs that were nice. Then things went downhill. I probably was leaving fastballs over the middle. Not really making quality pitches at that point of the game.Miller (2-9) fell to 0-7 at home.Ryan Schimpf, who spent seven years in the minors before being called up last month, homered twice for San Diego.Schimpf has four major league home runs, three in the past two nights.Ive been working and preparing for this moment all the years I spent in the minor leagues, he said, just practicing and playing like I would be here at some point. Thats just kind of how Ive always played. Im definitely happy to be here and grateful for the opportunity.Yangervis Solarte drove in five runs, three on a homer, Wil Myers had three hits and drove in a run and Matt Kemp had a two-run single for the Padres, who scored 13 consecutive runs after Arizona took a 4-0 lead.Schimpf had a two-run shot off Miller in the Padres five-run fourth and a solo home run off Josh Collmenter in the ninth for his first career two-homer game.Jose Dominguez (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 iinnings in relief of starter Colin Rea to get the win.dddddddddddd The bases were loaded with two outs and the Padres up by one when Dominguez entered the game and struck out pinch-hitter Rickie Weeks Jr. with a 99 mph fastball.San Diego manager Andy Green called that the biggest moment of the game.Solarte fell a triple shy of the cycle. His three-run homer came off Collmenter in the ninth. Solarte had a run-scoring single in the fourth and an RBI double in the fifth.Brandon Drury and Jake Lamb homered for the Diamondbacks, who finished a 2-7 homestand. Lamb has 20 home runs and 61 RBI. He is one of five candidates for the final spot on the NL All-Star team. The fan vote will end Friday.Arizona fell to 15-32 at home and is in a virtual tie with San Diego for last place in the NL West.PADRES MOVESan Diego claimed RHP Jake Smith off waivers from the San Francisco Giants and assigned him to Double-A San Antonio.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: 2B Jean Segura left the game with a bruised left triceps after being hit by a pitch in the second inning. X-rays were negative. ... Hale said RHP Zack Greinke has thrown lightly with trainers in the training room. Hale said Greinke (strained left oblique) will get on the field when the team goes to San Francisco this week and just play catch and see how it feels.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Drew Pomeranz (7-7, 2.65 ERA) gets the start Thursday night when the Padres open a three-game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. RHP Hyun-Jin Ru will come off the DL to make his season debut for the Dodgers.Diamondbacks: Arizona has Thursday off. LHP Patrick Corbin (4-6, 4.90) starts Friday night in the opener of a three-game series in San Francisco. RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-5, 3.97) goes for the Giants. ' ' '
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