DUESSELDORF, Germany -- Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland advanced to the second round of the Power Horse Cup by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 on Monday. Brazilian qualifier Andre Gham defeated Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-0. Gham is ranked No. 260 in the world, Soeda is No. 115. Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain landed 80 per cent of first serves to rally past Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Muller committed seven double-faults. Tobias Kamke defeated Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-2 in an all-German match. The clay-court tournament replaced the World Team Cup and is a warm-up for the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year that starts Sunday.Tracy McGrady Jersey . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Tony Snell Pistons Jersey . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. https://www.pistonsrookiesshop.com/Christian-Wood-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk Pistons Jersey .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Reggie Bullock Jersey . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games.PARIS -- France captain Amelie Mauresmo kept faith in the same players for the Fed Cup final against the two-time defending champion Czech Republic next week.Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic, Alize Cornet, and Pauline Parmentier were picked on Wednesday to face the Czechs at home in Strasbourg on Nov. 12-13 on an indoor hard court.The same quartet defeated the Netherlands in the semifinals.The Czechs are bidding for a fifth title in six years, and won the most recent meeting between the teams, in the semifinals last year. France has reached the final for the first time since 2005, and will be bidding for a third title.While the Czechs were favorites, Mauresmo said France was far from daunted.When you compare ourselves to the teams that have been winning this competition, they always have a top-10 player, and one or two players who won a Grand Slam title or made it to a major final, she said. But the rankings reflect a 52-week season. We only need two days.A lot of things can happen over two days and five matches. The girls are capable of raising their level to beat top players.The Czech team features sixth-ranked Karolina Pliskova, two-time Wimbleedon champion Petra Kvitova, Barbora Strycova, and Lucie Hradecka.ddddddddddddIts obviously a tall order, Maursemo said. They are not only very strong on paper, but they have also been playing at a very high level in this particular competition.Mladenovic and Garcia, who have featured in every French rubber this year, were cleared to play after the French Tennis Federation lifted their ban in September. The pair was provisionally suspended for damaging the federations image at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where the players criticized the FTT over a clothing mix-up after their defeat in the first round of the doubles.Mauresmo said she thought about giving a nod to the up-and-coming Oceane Dodin, who won her maiden WTA title in Quebec City in September. But the cohesion of her team prevailed over the 71st-ranked players form.I thought a lot about it, it was logical given her results over the past months, Mauresmo said. Its always a difficult task to find the right balance between the results of each player and the team spirit. ' ' '