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Rio -- Indian boxer Manoj Kumar stunned London Olympics bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas in a fiercely-contested opening bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 64kg category.?Manoj, a Commonwealth Games gold-medalist, prevailed 2-1 in a hard-fought battle in which he had to hold his ground against the intense aggression displayed by the Lithuanian Petrauskas in all three rounds. Manoj will next be up against the fifth-seeded Uzbek Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the pre-quarters, scheduled for Sunday.Evenly-matched on pace and agility, Manoj and Petrauskas were quite distinct in their attacking approach. While Petrauskas, the London Olympics bronze winner in the lightweight 60kg division, aggressively tried to engage the Indian from close range, Manoj preferred to back-peddle and hit from a distance.You dont get time to think as much in the ring, Manoj said after the bout. I was responding to his punching style in the ring, you have to adapt your strategy to how your opponent in the ring is boxing.At the end of the opening three minutes, it was Manojs tactics that found favour with the judges, who awarded the first round to him.In the second round, too, Petrauskas was the more aggressive of the two but Manoj managed to stave off the challenge by sticking to his strategy of keeping a distance and hitting occasional uppercuts to his opponents body.Neither of the boxers were willing to make any change to their strategy in the final three minutes as well, although the desperate attacks launched by Petrauskas did unnerve Manoj to an extent.The pumped-up effort secured Petrauskas the final round, but it was not enough to turn the bout in his favour as Manoj was adjudged the winner.I was happy to have pulled the bout off. I knew he was a hard opponent but I hadnt spent much time studying him, Manoj said. I prefer not to do too much tactical planning away from the ring because if it doesnt come off you arent sure how to respond. So it is best to leave it to the ring.I am confident that the hard work I have put in all these years will work in my favour at the Olympics.The win meant Manoj joined seventh-seed Vikas Krishan (75kg) as the second Indian boxers in the pre-quarters. On Thursday, Shiva Thapa will open his campaign in the bantamweight (56kg) category. Mitch Richmond Kings Jersey . -- Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was selected Monday to his second straight Pro Bowl, while guard Kyle Long made it after a solid rookie season. Oscar Robertson Jersey . PAUL, Minn. https://www.kingslockerroom.com/Yogi-Ferrell-City-Edition-Jersey/ . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. 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Couples had to withdraw during the 2012 tournament, but didnt enter this year because of back problems that have sidelined him since February.With Couples bid to finally win a tournament in his hometown put on hold, most of the focus will fall on tour newcomer John Daly.Everywhere he goes, theres a buzz. Everyone just loves John, they love to watch him hit the ball a long way, but just his personality and the way he conducts himself on the golf course, everybody has fun, said Billy Mayfair, who in his first start on the senior tour finished second behind Gene Sauers in the U.S. Senior Open. He brings a lot of people out to watch and I think its great. Listen, everyone here in this field would love to see John play well. Weve always been that way.Daly has three top-20 finishes in 10 PGA Tour Champions starts since turning 50, with the best a tie for 11th last month in the Dicks Sporting Goods Open in New York.Right now, for me, my game is not where I want it, so its more of a grind and its very hard to enjoy it as much as guys that are playing really good out here, Daly said. They come in, theyre playing really good, theyve got confidence. Im just coming in trying to find it.Last week, he tied for 51st in the regular European Tours Czech Masters.A little jet-lagged today, but it wasnt too bad, Daly said. It was nice. We went Prague, Amsterdam, straight here.He visited the NFLs Seattle Seahawks on WednesdayI didnt get a chance to kick any. We did the chip off, Daly said. It was a beautiful facility. I got to talk to Coach (Pete) Carroll. I havent seen him in a while since USC kicked the living you-know-what out of the Razorbacks. Beat uss like 70-3 or 70-7 or something.dddddddddddde found Snoqualmie Ridges greens demanding.The greens are tough, Daly said. The greens are hard to hit right now. For me, Im hitting it so bad that the fairways are very generous, but Im really struggling getting the ball close, and of course Im putting like a blind man so thats not helping either.The tour was off last week, giving Sauers an opportunity to relish his first senior victory. Sauers took advantage of a late collapse by Miguel Angel Jimenez to beat Jimenez and Mayfair by a stroke.I was almost kind of beginning to doubt myself whether I can win again, Sauers said. This is my fourth year out here and I havent won. Ive won on the PGA Tour, Ive won on that Nike Tour, and that was one of my goals, to win out here on the Champions Tour, and I got me a good one. The victory capped an amazing comeback for Sauers 10 years removed from nearly dying. He was incorrectly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, spent seven weeks in the hospital and was given a 25 percent chance of survival. Eventually he was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare disorder of the skin and mucous membranes that causes the skin on the extremities to burn from the inside out.I didnt touch a club for seven years. You got to relearn everything, Sauers said. Hitting the ball wasnt so bad, but just around the greens, chipping and putting, the bunker shots and all that, that kind of took a little extra time to try to master. Still havent mastered it, still working on it, but had me a good week. But just coming back from all that stuff is extra special.The tournament is in its 12th year and is the only regular stop of any of the major golf tours in the state of Washington. The tour announced on Thursday that Boeing would remain the title sponsor of the tournament through 2021. ' ' '