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OSAKA, Japan -- Samantha Stosur of Australia rallied from a set down to beat Montreal teenager Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday and win her second Japan Open title. Bob Feller Indians Jersey . Third-seeded Stosur, who won this tournament in 2009, could only convert seven of her 15 break-point opportunities but eventually won in two hours and 13 minutes at Utsubo Tennis Center. Bouchard started the match well, jumping out to a 6-3, 4-3 lead. On two occasions she was six points away from capturing her first-ever WTA title. Stosur, the U.S. Open champion in 2011, broke Bouchards serve at 5-5 in the second set and never looked back en route to collecting her fifth career title and second this season. It was the 17th tour final for the 29-year-old Stosur but the first of Bouchards career. Bouchard is the first Canadian to reach a WTA singles final since Vancouvers Rebecca Marino at Memphis in 2011. The 19-year-old was trying to become the first Canadian title winner on Tour since Aleksandra Wozniak at Stanford in 2008. Stosur lost her only previous match with the 19-year-old Bouchard last April in Charleston when she retired due to injury while trailing 6-1 2-0. Francisco Lindor Indians Jersey . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. Jim Thome Jersey . The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. "The result looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said. http:///...onte-indians-jersey/ .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo.EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings are a mess. Coach Leslie Frazier said hes certain this can be cleaned up. Progress will have to happen fast, though, or else these early season issues will linger. "Weve got to look at what were doing and try to figure out ways to try to improve our team, and I think we can get that done," Frazier said Monday. "Im certain of it, that we can get that done, and weve got the right people on our team for it to happen." The Vikings (1-4) have allowed 31.6 points per game, third most in the league. The offence has plenty of problems, too, as evidenced by the two interceptions and four punts on nine possessions in a 35-10 loss Sunday to Carolina. The Vikings face the winless New York Giants (0-6) next Monday night. But if they dont figure out how to fix the soft coverage on third downs, increase their pass rush and put together the kind of sustained, time-consuming touchdown drives the Panthers enjoyed, then they wont be able to beat anybody. "Im a positive human being, but I also think theres something to a little negative reinforcement. I hope this sticks in everyones gut a little bit, in their craw," defensive end Jared Allen said after the game. He added: "I think it might be the worst home loss Ive ever experienced in my career." The starting quarterback is in question, after Matt Cassel was picked off twice Sunday. Josh Freeman could take over, and Frazier said hed like to make up his mind in the next few days. He said hes not leaning one way or another. "I want to sit down and discuss some things with those guys and make a decision as I get a feel for where they are," Frazier said. The coach acknowledged the challenge for a quarterback in joining a team with a season in progress and having to absorb the playbook so quickly. But he also called Freeman "a bright young man" and gave no indication that he felt Freeman wasnt ready. Hes only been with the team for one week, having been cut by Tampa Bay. Cassel said he didnt know if hed start again. "I hope that I am," he said. "I thiink that this team is going to turn things around, and I would love to be the starter. Joe Carter Jersey. ... But at the same time, the coach makes the decisions. So well see." Tight end Kyle Rudolph wondered why this was an issue. Cassel is 48 for 69 for 489 yards and a 69.6 completion rate, three touchdowns and the two turnovers in two games since replacing Christian Ponder. "I dont see why. I think Josh needs some time to get comfortable here, learn the offence," Rudolph said. In three years under Frazier, the Vikings have lost their first game after their bye weeks each time, by a combined 108-27 score. "Its not a lost season. Weve just got to do some things a little better than what were doing, and if we do things will turn around for us," Frazier said. The secondary has struggled all season, a young group going through all kinds of growing pains without their leader Antoine Winfield. Frazier said struggling cornerback Josh Robinson will stay in the starting lineup, despite being at least partially responsible for two of Carolinas touchdown passes. While cornerback Chris Cook and safety Jamarca Sanford returned Sunday, the literal pains continued. Safety Harrison Smith suffered a turf toe injury on his left foot that required an MRI. Cornerback Xavier Rhodes sprained his right ankle, but he shrugged that off in the locker room Monday. "Nothing that can hold me back," he said. The Vikings also lost starting linebacker Desmond Bishop to a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear in his right knee, another setback in a series of them in 2013 for this playoff team from the year before. Fraziers job status has grown tenuous with this bad start. The same goes for offensive co-ordinator Bill Musgrave and defensive co-ordinator Alan Williams. But Frazier voiced his support for them Monday. "Theyre working as hard as they can to put our players in the best position to succeed," Frazier said. "And our players, when theyre put in those positions, theyve got to execute their assignments when that happens." Wholesale Jerseys China ' ' '