Australias tall timber shooters Caitlin Bassett and Gretel Tippett posed New Zealand plenty of problems as the Diamonds thumped the Silver Ferns 68-56 in the first Constellation Cup netball Test in Sydney.The Diamonds equalled their highest ever score against the Silver Ferns on Sunday and never trailed again after conceding the first goal of the match.They scored the next nine and the visitors never got closer than two in the first half and the gap didnt dip below nine in the second.Player of the match, the 193cm Bassett, followed up her international career best effort of 53 goals in Australias last game against the Silver Ferns by nailing all 47 of her attempts before being replaced at three-quarter time.Tippett, at 192cm , was starting a Test alongside Bassett for the first time and shot three from four in the first half.But she racked up seven assists and troubled the Ferns with her athleticism and unorthordox play.We really wanted to expose the C Bass-Gretel combination today and it was probably a dream start for that, Diamonds coac h Lisa Alexander said.Australias four shooters missed just four of their combined 72 shots.Their deadeye accuracy was complemented by tencious defence which forced 24 turnovers and accurate feeding, especially from wing attack Madi Robinson..Australia won each of the first two quarters 16-11 to lead 32-22 at halftime.They piled on the agony for the Ferns in the third, outscoring them 22-16 to lead 54- 38 at the final change.New Zealand salvaged some pride in the final quarter, winning it 18-14.It was an excellent three quarter effort, the last quarter will burn in us a little bit because were after winning every quarter, Alexander said.Bailey Mes top scored for New Zealand with 28, but committed eight turnovers under pressure from the irrepressible Sharni Layton.They took the game by the throat from the very first whistle and we were very slow to start, so we have to have a very good look at that, New Zealand coach Janine Southby said.At times we strung together some good plays but it wasnt consistent enough, so overall (Im) pretty disappointed.The four-match series continues in Launceston on Wednesday.Christian Kirk Womens Jersey . 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Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter.WASHINGTON -- Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki retired from her second-round match at the Citi Open against Sam Stosur because of an injured left arm.The right-handed Wozniacki said that she felt pain while hitting a two-handed backhand at 5-all in the first set of a match that began Wednesday night and ended just past midnight on Thursday. She was treated by a trainer and wound up winning that set 7-5, but stopped playing after getting broken to trail 4-3 in the second.There was a point where I hit a backhand and I just felt it, and I was like `Oh, its nothing, Wozniacki said. But then I hit another backhand and I was like, `OK, its something. And it just got worse.Its the latest in a series of setbacks this season for Wozniacki, the U.S. Open runner-up in 2009 and 2014.She hasnt won a Grand Slam match this year, losing in the first round at the Australian Open and Wimbledon and missing the French Open because of an injured ankle.At this point, I just cant catch a break. Im thinking, `Im going to catch a break sooner or later. But right now, its just like one thing after the other, Wozniacki said. I feel like Im hitting it pretty well. Im serving well. And its like, this happens. Its just like really disappointing.Wozniacki is supposed to represent Denmark at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics next month and carry her countrys flag in the opening ceremony. She won an appeal to the International Tennnis Federation to allow her to compete at the Rio Games after she was unable to fulfill the Fed Cup requirements.ddddddddddddAgainst 2011 U.S. Open champion Stosur, Wozniacki was trailing 5-3 at the outset before taking four games in a row. That success came despite how hard it was for her to use her left arm, which even bothered her during ball tosses for serves. She said afterward she was surprised that the top-seeded Stosur kept hitting to her forehand even after the visit from the trainer.She started kind of running around her backhand a little bit more, which is pretty unusual for Caroline to want to do that. So I kind of thought, `OK, theres something going on, Stosur said.As for why she had trouble taking control of the match, Stosur replied: Sometimes its quite difficult playing somebody whos injured.The match was played on a secondary grandstand court, instead of in the hard-court tournaments main stadium, which gets more mens matches than womens matches during the joint event.I notice theres not too many matches on center court for the women, unfortunately, Stosur said when asked by a reporter about the scheduling. Itd be nice if we were kind of 50-50 on center court, thats for sure.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich ' ' '