ZHUHAI, China -- Chinese wild-card entry Zhang Shuai opened the WTA Elite Trophy tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 win over sixth-seeded Timea Bacsinzky on Tuesday.The tournament in Zhuhai features the leading players on the womens tour who didnt qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore last week.Carla Suarez Navarro withdrew because of a right wrist injury and was replaced by Hungarian alternate Timea Babos, who will play Bacsinszky on Wednesday.Fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina rallied after dropping serve three times in the opening set to beat No. 10-seeded Kiki Bertens 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.In a night match, Barbora Strycova defeated fifth-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-3.Johanna Konta, who is the top-seeded player at the last event on the WTA calendar for 2016, will open against Sam Stosur on Wednesday.Scarpe Ecco Ingrosso . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. Scarpe Ecco On Line . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. http://www.scontateecco.it/ . Mitch Holmberg added a goal and three assists. Connor Chartier also scored for the Chiefs (3-0-0). Luke Harrison spoiled Garrett Hughsons shutout bid with a power-play goal at 13:17 of the third period. The Spokane goaltender finished with 28 saves, including a Brandon Fushimi penalty shot in the second period that would have tied the game 1-1. Ecco Italia . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Scarpe Ecco Saldi . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games.ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Middle linebacker Cory James was so busy trying to stay on point with the rest of the Raiders defense last week that he wasnt able to fully enjoy his first NFL start.Oaklands sixth-round pick expects to be a lot more comfortable his second time around when the Raiders play in Baltimore on Sunday.Im glad coach (Jack) Del Rio believed in the rookie to get the start, James said Friday. I saw some good things, me making some good tackles. And a lot of mental errors I can correct. Now I know what its like to play with the 1s for a full game so Ill have that experience.James had six tackles- all solo -- in his debut against the Tennessee Titans after replacing Ben Heeney in Oaklands starting defense.The decision to start James over Heeney -- coupled with replacing safety Keith McGill with first-round draft pick Karl Joseph -- came after the Raiders became the first team since 1967 to give up 500 yards or more in offense in each of the first two games.Oakland showed some slight improvement against Tennessee in Week 3 but still allowed 393 yards to a team that has been sporadic at best so far.Part of the problem for James was finding a comfort zone in the Raiders defense. Having spent training camp and the preseason working with the backups, the former Colorado State standout admittedly took some time to get settled in.It was just get in (and go), said James, who played all but three defensive snaps against Tennessee. Some of the mental errors that I did in the game I had never experienced in practice.While James made his share of mistakes against the Titans, the Raiders were mostly pleased with what they got from him.It really went the way we hoped, Del Rio said. Donnt feel like the moment is too big for him.ddddddddddddHe settled in and competed. Well clean a few things up with technique and making sure the eyes are exactly where they belong, all those kind of things. But he plays hard. Hes got a little ruggedness to him.Joseph also impressed Oaklands coaching staff after spending the first two games playing strictly on special teams.The 14th-overall pick in the draft, Joseph tallied a game-high 10 tackles and helped hold the Titans to 214 in the air, a marked improvement for the leagues 32nd-ranked pass defense.Its exciting to finally see him on the field, defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. said. Its been a long time since hes played, coming back from an injury. He shows you that he can play. Its a matter of him understanding, getting a lot of confidence in what hes doing, really learning this game. Its about experiences and right now hes at that age where a lot of experiences are going to come up for him and he has to understand what they are and make the best of them.Game notesRight tackle Menelik Watson (calf), left guard Austin Howard (ankle) and safety Nate Allen (ankle) did not practice and have been ruled out. ... Center Rodney Hudson (knee) and offensive lineman Matt McCants (knee) practiced without restriction after being limited earlier in the week. McCants has been splitting reps with rookie Vadal Alexander at right tackle this week while Watson is out. ... Backup running back Taiwan Jones (knee) was limited and is questionable.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '