BRISBANE, Australia -- One of the Williams sisters advanced to the final in an Australian Open warm-up event at Auckland, and th

BRISBANE, Australia -- One of the Williams sisters advanced to the final in an Australian Open warm-up event at Auckland, and the other is one victory away in Brisbane. Cheap Ty Nsekhe Jersey . Venus Williams advanced to the ASB Classic final in Auckland on a walkover when fellow American Jamie Hampton withdrew from their semifinal Friday with a right hip injury. Second-seeded Ana Ivanovic turned Saturdays final into a match between former world No. 1s when she beat third-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-2, 7-6 (3). Top-ranked Serena Williams was playing third-seeded Maria Sharapova in the Brisbane International semifinals later Friday. Shes the defending Brisbane champion and has a 14-2 winning record against Sharapova, including the last 13 matches dating back to 2005. While Serena Williams has been close to career-best form, winning 78 of her 82 matches in 2013, her older sister Venus has been struggling with injuries and is playing her first tournament since September. The ASB Classic will be her first final since she captured the title in Luxembourg in October 2012. Ivanovic, who won the most recent of her 11 WTA singles titles in 2011, has the chance to carry considerable momentum into the Australian Open later this month if she can maintain her current form. She swept through the first set of the semifinal in only 21 minutes, breaking Flipkens in the first, third and fifth games. "In the first set I didnt do much wrong and in the second set we were both serving really well," Ivanovic said. "Im just really happy that I kept calm in the tiebreak and played some really good tennis." Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka was playing Jelena Jankovic in the Brisbane semifinals on Friday afternoon, hoping for a spot in the final against either Serena Williams or Sharapova. 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Now we have to look forward, put it behind us and move on to San Diego.The Patriots and Broncos are both 9-3, but New England has the tiebreaker because it beat Denver. Theyre followed in the AFC by Cincinnati (8-3-1) and Indianapolis and San Diego (both 8-4).Keeping the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs before the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, is critical for the Patriots. Theyre 6-0 this season at home and 3-3 on the road after Green Bay ended their seven-game winning streak.Right after the loss, the two most senior Patriots, quarterback Tom Brady and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork sat in front of Bradys locker and talked for a few minutes.It was a tougher loss to handle than their other two — 33-20 to Miami in the opener and 41-14 to Kansas City in their fourth game.This was a test against a team that had won six of its previous seven games and the Patriots came up short.The defence stopped the Packers inside the red zone four times, holding them to short field goals. But they let Green Bay keep the ball for 36 minutes, 35 seconds as the Packers converted 10 of their 17 third-down plays.That limited Bradys chances with an offence that kept the ball for just 223:25. Cheap Tim Settle Jersey. We had a lot of opportunities to move the ball, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Monday in a conference call from San Diego. We missed a third-and-1 early in the game. We came up on a fourth-and-1 just short of the first down early in the game. We had a penalty to start the third quarter, so we ended up with some short drives which limited the number of plays that we ran.They would have had more if they had been able to get a first down on a third-and-9 from the Green Bay 20 with 3:25 left. But Brady was sacked for a 9-yard loss and Stephen Gostkowski missed a 47-yard field-goal attempt.They could have gotten the ball back after Green Bay had a third-and-4 at its 43 with 2:28 remaining. But Aaron Rodgers completed a 7-yard pass to a closely guarded Randall Cobb and the Packers ran out the clock.Thats where that saying comes in, Its a game of inches. It really is, Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis said. When youre playing against another great team, you have to be on point at all times, because any error can cost you. We probably had some errors today, and Im sure well get them corrected, but like I said, theres no room for errors.The Patriots were playing their third straight game against a division leader and had beaten each of the others by at least 22 points.Now the schedule gets easier with the remaining games against San Diego, Miami, the New York Jets and Buffalo.But the margin for error is smaller after the loss in Green Bay.This was a test for us. It was a big test, Revis said, and Im sure it was a big test for them, too. Its two great teams playing. 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