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Sofia, Bulgaria (SportsNetwork.com) - Top seed Ekaterina Makarova lost her second straight match this week during round-robin action at the $750,000 WTA Tournament of Champions. Sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet doused the Russian U.S. Open semifinalist Makarova in 6-1, 6-4 fashion on the indoor hardcourt at Armeets Arena. Meanwhile, another upset came when fourth-seeded German Andrea Petkovic downed second-seeded Australian Open runner-up Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 6-3 in Thursdays nightcap. Also in Sofia, seventh-seeded rising 21-year-old Spaniard Garbine Muguruza tackled third-seeded Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta 0-6, 6-1, 6-1. The Venezuelan-born Muguruza whipped Makarova 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday. This eight-player season-ending tournament is for players who have won one or more of the WTA International events during the year but failed to qualify for the WTA Finals, which was staged in Singapore last week. This weeks four-woman Serdika Group features Makarova (0-2), Pennetta (1-1), Cornet (1-1) and Muguruza (2-0). Cibulkova (2-1) led the four-player Sredets Group, which also includes Petkovic (2-1), fifth- seeded Carla Suarez Navarro (1-1) and eighth-seeded Bulgarian favorite Tsvetana Pironkova (0-2). Fridays round-robin matches will pit Makarova against Pennetta, Suarez Navarro versus Pironkova and Cornet against Muguruza. This six-year-old tournament will move to Zhuhai, China, next year after a three-year run in Sofia. Frank Clark Chiefs Jersey . Returning to Davis Cup tennis, Federer cruised past Ilija Bozoljac, winning 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 in less than two hours. Federer faced little challenge from Bozoljac, who served well but still was no match for his Swiss opponent. Tony Gonzalez Youth Jersey .com) - The 12th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes continue a four-game homestand at Value City Arena on Wednesday night when they face off against the High Point Panthers in a non-conference matchup. http://www.thechiefsshoponline.com/Youth...-Chiefs-Jersey/. Kevin Durant certainly played like there was on Sunday night, scoring 36 points and grabbing 10 rebounds as the Thunder made quick work of the visiting Pacers with a 118-94 win. Larry Johnson Womens Jersey . -- Sonny Grays fastball wasnt as sharp as it usually is, and the Oakland Athletics young pitcher even had a quirky replay go against him. Tyrann Mathieu Jersey . His head snapped back from the impact and hit the floor. The All-Star power forward was all right afterward, a relief for the Minnesota Timberwolves.Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are preparing to compete in the figure skating team event at the Sochi Olympics. Virtue and Moir, the defending Olympics champions, will take the ice for their short program as part of a busy Saturday that also features the ladies short program and the pairs free skate. Canada currently sits in second place in the event, and needs the reigning gold medallists to be at the top of their game if it hopes to keep up with Russia, which holds a two-point advantage. Team U.S.A. enters the day in fifth place, but could move up the standings quickly on the backs of world ice dancing champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Davis and White recently edged out Virtue and Moir for gold at the 2013-2014 Grand Prix off Figure Skating Final.dddddddddddd The couples, who are both coached by Marina Zoueva, will resume their rivalry today during the short program, which will followed by the free skate tomorrow when the three-day team event wraps up at the Iceberg Skating Palace. In other action, Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L. will make her Olympic debut for Canada, hoping to build on an eighth-place finish at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ont. Osmond, 18, will compete in the womens short portion of the team event against the likes of Mao Asada of Japan, plus talented Carolina Kostner of Italy and hometown sweetheart Julia Lipnitskaia. The pairs free skate will round out the