MONTPELLIER, France - Gael Monfils beat top-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4 on
Sunday in the final of the Open Sud de France to claim his fifth career title.
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the defending champion, Monfils did not face any break points — hitting 34
winners to 17 for Gasquet, and serving nine aces to zero for his opponent.
Monfils broke for a 4-3 lead when Gasquets forehand sailed wide and the
30th-ranked Frenchman fired an ace to take the opening set. He capitalized on
another forehand error from Gasquet to break serve in the ninth game of the
final set and clinched his first title of the season with a service winner.
Monfils, who also won this tournament in 2010, improved to 6-4 against Gasquet.
A former top 10 player, Monfils struggled with a right knee injury in 2012 and
dropped to 119th in the rankings last year. He started the season with a
runner-up finish at the Qatar Open in January, losing to top-ranked Rafael Nadal
of Spain.
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tight end Zach Miller are both probable for the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday
against the New York Giants and Percy Harvins recovery continues to be slow.
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Sale . Mired in an offensive slump, Lowry - the NBAs leader in
taking charges this season - did what he has learned to do best, standing his
ground and drawing a crucial offensive foul on the Cavaliers all-star point
guard. Fast forward 30 seconds to the Cavs next possession, with the home team
still trailing by three, Spencer Hawes - one of the leagues best passing big men
- threw an interception, intended for Tyler Zeller and picked off by
DeMar DeRozan.The New York Islanders made a surprise move, re-uniting a pair of
linemates with big free agent contracts. Numbers Game looks into the Islanders
getting Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin. The Islanders Get: C
Mikhail Grabovski and LW Nikolai Kulemin. Grabovski, 30, has been a productive
centre, scoring 160 points in 261 games over the past four seasons, which ranks
98th among NHL forwards. While that alone is a decent indication of Grabovskis
ability to contribute as a second-line centre, hes put up terrific relative
possession numbers in four of the last five seasons, the only exception being in
2012-2013 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, when he was effectively buried in a
defensive role. That led to his being bought out by the Maple Leafs in one of
the more ridiculous decisions in the history of NHL contract buyouts. One year
after he was bought out by the Maple Leafs and could only drum up enough
interest to secure a one-year, $3-million deal as a free agent, Grabovski signed
for four years and $20-million with the Isles. Going to the Islanders should
offer Grabovski an opportunity to get favourable matchups, with zone starts
tilted towards the offensive zone and softer opposition while opponents send
their best at John Tavares line and the Islanders put Frans Nielsens line out
for the toughest defensive assignments. Grabovski has scored 20 or more goals
three times and topped 50 points twice. His career points per game of 0.59 works
out to 48 points over an 82-game schedule, so maybe something around a 50-point
season is the best-case scenario, but if Grabovski can put up between 40 and 50
points with typically strong possession stats over the course of his contract,
he will be a solid addition for the Islanders. Grabovskis departure from
Washington leaves a hole at second-line centre, one that still needs to be
filled, unless Marcus Johansson or Evgeny Kuznetsov fit into that spot. Kulemin
is a 27-year-old winger who scored 30 goals and 57 points riding shotgun with
Grabovski for the Maple Leafs in 2010-2011, but has failed to generate much
offence siince, scoring 23 goals and 71 points in 188 games.
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Kulemin has been stuck in a defensive role for the past couple seasons, with
primarily defensive zone starts against quality opposition. While Kulemin hasnt
scored a bunch in the NHL, particularly recently, hes produced enough to believe
that there is more offence to be uncovered. He has 11 points in 20 games for
Russia at the past two World Championships and 38 points in 36 KHL games while
playing alongside Evgeni Malkin, so its not like Kulemin cant find his way
around the offensive zone, but he likely needs a centre that will be the creator
offensively. With the expectation that Kulemin will skate with Grabovski, he too
should benefit from more offensive zone starts and favourable matchups. Maybe
that results in Kulemin scoring 35-to-40 points (that 57-point season in
2010-2011 sure appears to be an aberration) and if that comes with solid two-way
play then, even at his lofty price, Kulemin can be a worthy acquisition for the
Isles. Toronto didnt seem to be in position to pay Kulemin, and they shouldnt
have, based on how he was being used. Wingers that are deployed like Kulemin
dont tend to get paid. Kulemins contract also runs for four years, paying him
$16.75-million, which is a lot given his recent production, but if he gets more
of an offensive opportunity, Kulemin has a decent shot at producing enough
offensively to justify that price, which is fair for a second-line winger. All
in all, this is an aggressive move by the Islanders and suddenly gives them
terrific depth up front. So much that they likely need to find room on the wing
for young guns like Brock Nelson and Ryan Strome, but its an enviable problem to
have so much talent that some of your centres need to find room to play on the
wing. Their defence can still get better, but these signings put the Islanders
into the mix among playoff contenders for next season. Scott Cullen can be
reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook.
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