then went up 5-2 in the tiebreaker, but stalled as Williams rallied to take command.What a day it was against an opponent who was just on fire, Venus said.Kerber has a 3-2 career edge against Venus, b

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Derek Ryan waited longer than most NHL players for his chance. Now, nearing 30 years old, hes making the most of it.Ryan scored twice, Cam Ward made 21 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Thursday night.Ryan had his first multigoal performance in 20 NHL games. A fixture in the lineup since being called up from the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL on Nov. 11, Ryan has six points in the last seven games.Pretty remarkable. Hard to even put it into words, Ryan said. Its one of those nights where youll remember it.Once considered undersized and a step too slow for the NHL, the journeyman from Spokane, Washington, who will turn 30 on Dec. 29, has finally proved that he can play at this level after years of playing in the minor leagues and in Europe.I dont think its just tonight thats proven that, Ryan said. I think Ive tried to prove that through the early part of this season and even last year, in the games that I played here. But its nice to get those goals and feel like I can contribute at a high level in this league.Brock McGinn also scored for Carolina.Drew Doughty scored for the Kings and Jeff Zatkoff made 15 saves in his first 60-minute performance of the season.Andrej Nestrasil fed Ryan for the first score of the game with 2:09 left in the first. With Kings defensemen Alec Martinez and Jake Muzzin on the same man, Nestrasil found Ryan all alone, and he broke away for the backhand around Zatkoff.Ryan made it 2-0 at 13:13 in the second period, finishing off an impressive passing sequence with for a short-handed goal. After breaking into a 2-on-1, Ryan sent a no-look backhand pass around defenseman Drew Doughty to McGinn, and McGinn sent the puck under a diving Doughty back to Ryan, who banked it off the near post.Weve done that a couple times together in Charlotte, Ryan said. I felt some pressure from Doughty there and I tried to get it over to him behind my back. I was kind of expecting him to shoot it, but he ended up putting it right on my tape for a wide open net.Probably one of those goals that my family will watch for a while.It appears as though his family get to watch him in the NHL for a little longer, as hes impressed the Carolina coaching staff with his work ethic and playmaking abilities.Its a good story, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. Hes got a great hockey mind, hes got elite vision and he makes plays.McGinn sniped one top-shelf over Zatkoff 4:20 into the third period to make it 3-0.Doughtys goal closed the scoring at 12:50 in the third period.The Kings failed to generate much offense in a somewhat lackluster performance. Kings coach Darryl Sutter juggled the lines when he saw his top players underperforming, but a three-goal hole proved too deep to climb out of in the third period.I dont think our top guys were very sharp, and they didnt have any scoring chances, Sutter said. Our top guys were not very efficient out there maximizing what their god gave them.Game notesDoughty turned 27 on Thursday. ... Zatkoffs start was his first since Nov. 11. ... Kings C Andy Andreoff, RW Devin Setoguchi and D Tom Gilbert were healthy scratches. ... Hurricanes C Elias Lindholm missed his fourth straight game with a lower-body injury. ... Hurricanes D Klas Dahlbeck and Ryan Murphy were healthy scratches.UP NEXTHurricanes: End a three-game California trip in San Jose on Saturday night.Kings: Host Ottawa in a Saturday matinee.Yeezy 350 Bianche Italia .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. 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Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery.LONDON -- The Williams sisters could be headed for another meeting in a Grand Slam final.Venus Williams made it back to the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, and defending champion Serena Williams advanced to her 10th final four at the All England Club.Mounting another title run at the age of 36, five-time champion Venus beat Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 7-6 (5), 6-2, advancing to the semifinals for the first time since 2009 and first time at any major since the 2010 US Open.I love playing the game, I always have, the eighth-seeded Venus said. When youre winning matches it makes it that much sweeter. I cant lie about that.From 5-2 down in the tiebreaker, she ran off five straight points to take the first set, then rolled through the second set on No. 1 Court. Shes one win away from returning to the Wimbledon final for the first time since 2009, when she lost to Serena.The wins and the losses, they all lead to these big moments, Venus said. You cant always have this big moment. If youre Serena Williams, I guess that happens a lot. As Venus Williams, this is an awesome day.A short while later, Serena beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court, finishing the match with a 123 mph ace to extend her record in Wimbledon quarterfinals to 10-2.Venus will next face No. 4 Angelique Kerber, the Australian Open champion who held off No. 5 Simona Halep 7-5, 7-6 (2) in the first match on Centre Court, a defensive battle that featured 13 breaks of serve, including eight in a row in the first set.Serena will play Elena Vesnina, a 50th-ranked Russian who defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2, becoming the first unseeded womens semifinalist at Wimbledon since 2010.Asked about the possibility of meeting her sister and doubles partner in Saturdays final, Serena smiled.It would be great, she said. Obviously, shes such a tough opponent. But I want her to win so bad -- obviously not in the final if Im there. But, if Im not there, I desperately want her to win.Serena leads 16-11 ovverall and 4-2 at Wimbledon against her sister.dddddddddddd Venus defeated Serena in the 2000 semifinals en route to her first title and again in the 2008 final. Serena has beaten Venus in the 2002, `03 and 09 finals, and in the fourth round last year.Venus Williams, the oldest player in the womens field, has made a remarkable resurgence in her 19th appearance at Wimbledon. She was already the oldest player to advance to a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Martina Navratilova made it this far at Wimbledon in 1994 at the age of 37.Venus, who also won Wimbledon titles in 2001, 05 and 07, has been slowed in recent years by Sjogrens syndrome, a condition that can cause joint pain and saps energy.On Tuesday, Shvedova -- a 96th-ranked player from Kazakhstan contesting her third Grand Slam quarterfinal -- saved a set point against Venus with a forehand winner while serving at 5-4 in the first set. Shvedova then went up 5-2 in the tiebreaker, but stalled as Williams rallied to take command.What a day it was against an opponent who was just on fire, Venus said.Kerber has a 3-2 career edge against Venus, but they havent faced each other since 2014. The German won in straight sets on grass at Wimbledon at the 2012 London Olympics, and captured her first major this year in Australia.Weve had a lot of great matches, she and I. We havent played in a while, Williams said. Clearly, shes had a great year, another great result in the Slam.Serena never faced a break point Tuesday, winning the last three games of each set to extend her record against Pavlyuchenkova to 6-0. She will go into the semifinals with a 4-0 record against Vesnina.Cibulkova seemed to run out of energy after her long fourth-round win, which went to 9-7 in the third set against Agnieszka Radwanska. Her loss to Vesnina means Cibulkova can proceed with her wedding on Saturday -- she had planned to postpone the ceremony had she won Tuesday. ' ' '