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LONDON -- Chelsea became the latest leading Premier League side to see its ambitions stall at West Bromwich Albion as a 1-1 draw prevented the leaders from bolstering their position on Tuesday. Cheap Jerseys Authentic . Just like Everton and Liverpool in the previous two games at the Hawthorns, Chelsea was forced to settle for a goal apiece. Chelsea defenders exploited slack opposition defending to put the visitors in front, with Branislav Ivanovic turning the ball into the net on the stroke of half time after David Luiz flicked on Williams corner. But Chelseas defence left Victor Anichebe in too much space to meet Saido Berahinos cross in the 87th minute and head West Brom level. "In the first half we had complete control without creating many chances -- Petr (Cech) not making one save, their strikers with not one shot," Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. "In the second half they opened and gave us the space we didnt have in the first half, but we were not strong enough to kill the game." Chelsea is two points clear of second-place Arsenal, which hosts struggling Manchester United on Wednesday. Manchester City also has a chance to move to the top by beating Sunderland if Arsenal slips up. "We must have the personality to get out, to not accept the pressure," Mourinho said. From the top to the bottom, the Premier League has rarely been so open in the second half of the season. West Ham beat Norwich with a third consecutive 2-0 win to complete its rise from 18th to 10th in eight days, but the London club is still only eight points from bottom-place Fulham. Mohamed Diames cross was headed in by James Collins in the 84th and the striker netted himself in stoppage time after surging through on the break. Norwich is just 16th despite being only three points behind West Ham. Cardiff remains mired in the relegation zone after being held to a 0-0 draw by Aston Villa. At the other end of the standings, Southampton extended its unbeaten run to six matches after Jose Fonte clinched a 1-0 victory at Hull. An initial header by Fonte was saved, Jay Rodriguezs follow-up was thwarted but Fonte had another attempt that was cleared by Maynor Figueroa -- only for goal-line technology to show the ball had crossed the line. Southampton would have gone in front regardless, as Rickie Lambert fired the rebound over the line. Cheap Jerseys From China . The second game of the Tigers scheduled four-game series at the Chicago White Sox was postponed Tuesday night. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . The team announced Wednesday that the six-time American League All-Star agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million contract, opting to come back rather than retire or sign elsewhere. The 37-year-old Konerko will receive $1.Paris, France (Sports Network) - Maria Sharapova continued to dominate her early opposition at the French Open, while defending champion Li Na and reigning Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova each came away with tough wins on Saturday. Former champ Francesca Schiavone, meanwhile, was shown an early exit as the third round of the years second major championship began to wind down. Sharapova needs only a French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam and has simply rolled through the first three rounds. The second-seeded Russian had her toughest match to date on Saturday with a 6-2, 6-1 pasting of Chinas Peng Shuai. It took a mere 66 minutes, but it was the longest time the three-time Grand Slam winner was on the court in the first week. Sharapova dispatched Alexandra Cadantu in a first-round double-bagel in 48 minutes, then dropped just two games in a 60-minute thumping of Ayumi Morita in the second round. "I just see it as I played really good matches, beat great players," said Sharapova. "And Ive got to keep moving forward and try to do that again." Another unseeded player awaits Sharapova in the fourth round, as Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic dumped 22nd-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-3, 7-5, on Saturday. It wasnt nearly as easy for Li or Kvitova. Li, who beat Schiavone in last years final at Roland Garros to become the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam event, had to rally for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over American Christina McHale. The fourth-seeded Kvitova also had to go the distance, claiming a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 triumph over Russian Nina Bratchikova. Next up for the Czech star will be American Varvara Lepchenko, who took out Schiavone, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. Schiavone became the first Italian woman to capture a Grand Slam title when she won the 2010 French Open and nearly repeated last year. She could have earned a rematch with Li in this years quarterfinals, but ran into an opponent that had already given her trouble this year. Lepchenko, a Uzbekistan-born resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, beat Schiavone last month in the first round of the Madrid Open. Lepchenko also took out Jelena Jankovic in the second round this week and is in the midst of her best Grand Slam tournament. In 14 previous majors, Lepchenko had never been past the second round. "It was two completely different matches when I played her in Madrid and here," said Lepchenko about facing Schiavone. "In Madrid, she was missing so much and making easy errors, and here she started out amazing. I was like, oh, now I know why she won a Grand Slam. "I had to really pull it together and sttay very aggressive and fight," she added. Cheap Jerseys China. "Till the very end, I didnt know if Im gonna win, but I kept believing in myself." Li, meanwhile, struggled through the first set Saturday with 24 unforced errors. She quickly regrouped and committed just 20 for the remainder of the match. The Chinese star picked up an early break for a 3-1 lead in the third set and it proved too much for McHale, who failed to win another game. "Tennis is the best of three sets," said Li. "In the first set, I always followed what she did. I changed a little bit in the beginning of the second set and [got her] to play my way." The seventh-seeded Li will next meet Kazakhstans Yaroslava Shvedova, who advanced Saturday with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Spains Carla Suarez Navarro. Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki made another early exit at a major, as Estonias Kaia Kanepi sent the ninth-seeded Dane home with a 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3 defeat. It marked Wozniackis second straight third-round setback at the French. Wozniacki, despite finishing the 2010 and 2011 seasons as the top-ranked player, has never won a Grand Slam event. She reached one final, losing to Kim Clijsters at the 2009 U.S. Open, and her best result on the storied red clay of Paris was a quarterfinal in 2010. Kanepi squandered a huge lead Saturday, and did so more than once. She held a 5-1 cushion in the second set and had a pair of match points. Wozniacki saved both and went on to win 14 straight points to get back into the match, but Kanepi won the 11th game after falling behind 0-40 and had another chance to serve it out, but failed and Wozniacki easily won the tiebreaker. Again Kanepi built a 5-1 lead in the third set and watched Wozniacki win two straight games, but this time the 23rd seed finally finished it off and is in position to reach the quarterfinals for the second time at Roland Garros. She did so previously in 2008 and will vie for a spot in this years round of 16 against Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands. Rus advanced Saturday with a 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-2 win over Germanys Julia Goerges. Fourth-round play begins Sunday with top-seeded Victoria Azarenka and 2009 French champ Svetlana Kuznetsova in action. Azarenka will take on 15th-seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, while Kuznetsova, coming off a third-round win over third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, will battle Italys Sara Errani, who knocked out 2008 French winner Ana Ivanovic in the third round. Also, 2010 runner-up Samantha Stosur will meet American Sloane Stephens and 10th-seeded German Angelique Kerber will square off against Croatias Petra Martic. wholesale jerseyswholesale nfl jerseys china jerseys from china nfl jerseys cheap authentic cheap jerseys ' ' '

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