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The first ball has yet to be hit in Rio, but the women are already poised to run Olympic-worthy rings around the men in the race for attention in the Olympic Games.Thats because eight of the top 10 women are in the WTA draw, while half of the top 10 men did not show up for roll call.No. 3 Roger Federer and Swiss countryman No. 4 Stan Wawrinka are among those who bailed because of injury.However, No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Andy Murray are in the draw and could meet in a blockbuster final, as could top two seeds Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber, who are 1-1 in Grand Slam finals this year, on the womens side.But its a long way to those potential finals, so lets take a look at the singles draws:Best first-round matchesATP: Undoubtedly, its the pairing of two former bronze medalists, Djokovic of Serbia and Argentinas Juan Martin del Potro. Djokovic won the Toronto Masters last week, demonstrating that he has overcome that upset at Wimbledon. Delpos career has been shattered by wrist injuries and surgeries, but the 6-foot-6 former US Open champ is a wrecking ball on hard courts and on the comeback trail again.WTA: Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and Sloane Stephens are two of the most enigmatic players in the game. Both are richly talented, both have gone deep at Grand Slams and both appeared to get sidetracked and lose motivation and/or confidence after early success. Its a good opportunity for both of them.Luck of the drawATP: Unlike good pals and fellow U.S. countrymen John Isner and Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson signed up for Rio. He was rewarded by drawing Darian King of Barbados, whos ranked No. 164 and playing thanks to one of the nine special wild card-type invitations in each singles draw. Those invites are issued on a discretionary basis in order to encourage diversity and regional development, and to acknowledge talented individuals developing under adverse conditions.WTA: Its all happening so fast for 19-year-old No. 27 Daria Kasatkina. She must lead a charmed life because, while competing in her first Olympics, she also drew the recipient of an ITF invite, Tunisias Ons Jabeur, whos ranked No. 181.Toughest quarterATP: Djokovic truly has his work cut out. Also in his quarter besides del Potro is No. 14 seed Jack Sock, hard-serving Jerzy Janowicz and No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.WTA: Put yourself in Serenas shoes. Great as she is, the names shes looking at are Alize Cornet, Andrea Petkovic, No. 11 Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Ekaterina Makarova and No. 6 Roberta Vinci. Thats a whole lot of familiar names and a significant degree of danger.Easiest quarterATP: Murray was handed a pretty tough first-round opponent in No. 35 Viktor Troicki, but he likely wont complain about having aging David Ferrer (No. 7) as the next highest seed in the quarter.WTA: All in all, its pretty nicely teed up for No. 7 seed Madison Keys. She could meet No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarters, but the Polish firecracker can always be overpowered. Keys should be able to hit her way through the likes of Kristina Mladenovic, Ana Ivanovic, No. 9 Carla Suarez Navarro and Kiki Bertens.Favorite most ripe for the pluckingATP: Rafael Nadal is seeded No. 3, but he hasnt hit a ball under competitive circumstances since he left midway through the French Open with a wrist injury. He put his comeback on the fast track because he didnt want to miss these Games. There will be a lot of pressure -- and a lot of rust.WTA: Radwanska hasnt won a tournament since January and seems to be running -- and faltering -- on autopilot. Her first opponent is No. 64 Saisai Zheng, who will be motivated to play these Games.Favorite best positioned to sailATP: No. 4 Kei Nishikori gets Albert Ramos-Vinolas to start, then sees nobody who can really hurt him until a potential quarterfinal with either No. 6 Gael Monfils or No. 9 Marin Cilic.WTA: No. 3 seed Garbine Muguruza has crafty but fading veteran Jelena Jankovic in the first round. If she gets by, its probably No. 31 Irina-Camelia Begu, then Monica Puig or Polona Hercog. It could be worse. A lot worse.Cinderella candidateATP: Belgiums David Goffin is in the same quarter as Nadal, who is one gigantic question mark. Goffin has had a terrific year, and hes just the kind of unusual suspect who can win a gold medal in the unpredictable Olympics competition. Winning a gold medal would be an enormous lift for the tiny country of Belgium.WTA: Johanna Kontas star has risen steadily in the past year. The British player is drafting behind Murray but is up to No. 13 in the rankings. Her big serve and aggressive game ought to work well on the hard courts in Rio.Match wed most like to watchATP: Djokovic versus Delpo, of course. But we cheat and toss in the throw down between Germanys spectacularly entertaining Dustin Brown and Brazils own and uber-talented southpaw Thomaz Bellucci.WTA: Venus Williams opens against the versatile Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. It ought to be an absorbing battle between muscular, athletic tennis and clever shot-making. Besides, Venus is going for a historic fifth gold. How can you not watch?Cheap Fake Air Max 97 . The 19-year-old Olsen played 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL this season. In that time, hes recorded 17 goals and 17 assists with 36 penalty minutes. Cheap Nmd China . 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Hazard cut in from the left and scored with a swerving right-footed shot for ninth goal of the season, which proved to be enough for the victory despite Chelseas forwards again lacking a cutting edge up front.SAN DIEGO -- Mark Trumbos magnificent two-run home run into the second deck in left field was the 55th of the month for the Baltimore Orioles, tying the big league record for long balls in June.Some guys are aware of it, some arent, Trumbo said after the Orioles routed the San Diego Padres for the second straight game, 12-6 on Wednesday. Its a special thing but its not something anyones going to gloat about or spend too much time thinking about. It just goes to show were on a nice little run.Are they ever. Trumbo hit his major league-leading 23rd homer and drove in four runs for the AL East-leading Orioles, who won their seventh straight game.With one game left in the month, Baltimore tied the 1996 Oakland As for the most homers in June. Overall, the Orioles lead the majors with 124.The Orioles hit four home runs in sweeping the two-game series, including three in Tuesday nights 11-7 win.When youre winning, everything is that much better, Trumbo said. This in particular is a product of a couple guys getting real hot real quick and some of the other guys sustaining what were doing.Trumbo said this is easily the best lineup hes been on.Consistently, too. Theres just not too many teams that are going to be able to do what we do. Its kind of the best-case scenario for what we were looking for coming into the season.Were getting contributions from everyone, Trumbo added. I think theres full confidence in one through nine throughout this lineup. Theres really no holes. You can chose to go at someone or pitch around someone, but the guys behind them generally have been pretty good about picking up the slack. Anytime youre that deep it can make for a tough time for some of the opposing teams.Trumbo hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and a two-run double in the ninth. Manny Machado had two hits and three RBI, and pitcher Yovani Gallardo singled twice and scored a run.After San Diego lefty Christian Friedrich (4-3) retired his first nine batters, he walked Adam Jones and allowed Jonathan Schoops RBI double. Machado hit an RBI single and, with one out, Trumbo homered into the second deck in left field to make it 4-0.The Orioles scored two runs in the fifth on a throwing error by Friedrich with two outs and the basess loaded.dddddddddddd Friedrich fielded Chris Davis nubber down the line and made an errant throw to Wil Myers at first. Padres manager Andy Green was ejected for arguing with umpire Bill Miller, apparently about whether Davis ran outside the lane.Its a tough call, Green said. I didnt have the expectation it was a very easy call to make, because theyre watching the ball roll down the line. Foul or fair, thats the first thing theyre looking at. All I can watch is the baserunner, so Im starting at Chris Davis. As soon as he passes where the ball is, he veered into fair territory.Green said the ejected was justified in the sense that I was out there longer than I shouldve and probably not going to leave until I get ejected? Yeah, thats probably justifiable.Said Friedrich: It lets you know hes got your back. It fires you up a little bit. You know hes into the game no matter the score, and is always behind his guys.The only costly mistake by Gallardo (3-1) was allowing Brett Wallaces three-run homer with two outs in the sixth. Gallardo was outhitting the Padres 2-1 after getting singles in the fifth and sixth. He opened the Padres sixth by allowing a single by Melvin Upton Jr. and walking Myers. Gallardo struck out Matt Kemp and Yangervis Solarte before allowing Wallaces homer to straightaway center, his fifth.Gallardo didnt allow a hit until rookie Alex Dickersons single with one out in the fifth. He gave up three hits and three runs in six innings, struck out six and walked three.Friedrich allowed six runs, four earned, and five hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked two.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: RHP Andrew Casher (strained neck) is expected to come off the 15-day disabled list Sunday to start against the New York Yankees.UP NEXTOrioles: RHP Chris Tillman (10-1, 3.52 ERA) starts the opener of a four-game series at Seattle on Thursday night. The Mariners are scheduled to start RHP Taiyuan Walker (3-6, 3.45).Padres: After a day off, the Padres welcome the New York Yankees to Petco Park, with San Diego RHP Colin Rea (4-3, 5.05 ERA) scheduled to face RHP Nathan Vivaldi (6-5, 5.19). ' ' '