Indias challenge at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold came to an end on Friday after Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth lost their respective quarterfinal clashes. ?Top seed Saina, whose ranking improved one place to No. 10 on Thursday, suffered a straight-game defeat, losing to World No. 226 Yiman Zhang of China 12-21, 17-21 in a match that lasted 35 minutes. Praneeth, on the other hand, lost to?Chinas Peng Jun Zhao 19-21, 9-21 in 30 minutes.Since her comeback, this was Sainas second consecutive quarterfinal finish after last weeks Hong Kong Open Superseries.?The loss brings an end to this season for Saina, who will next turn out for Hyderabad Hotshots in the Premier Badminton League in January 2017.Against Zhang, Saina appeared to have been affected by back-to-back three-game matches she played in the previous two rounds of the tournament. Since her return from surgery, Saina has been stretched to a third game in six matches.?In the first game, the unseeded Zhang took an early 4-2 lead, staying ahead at 9-8. From there on, the she dominated the game, reeling off five straight points for a 14-8 lead and allowing Saina only four more points in the game.Saina jumped out to a 6-0 lead to begin the second game. Zhang, however, fought back to level at 7-7. Leading 14-12 after the break, the Chinese won five consecutive points before Saina fought back to reduce the deficit to 16-19. Zhang then brought up three match points and converted on her second.In Praneeths match, the first game was a tightly-contested affair, with both players rarely winning consecutive points and neither able to dominate. At 18-18, Zhao won two straight points to earn two game points and although the Indian saved one game point, Zhao converted the second to take the game.Zhao dominated the second game. The 37th-ranked Chinese ran out to an 8-3 lead after separate bursts of three and five points on the trot. From there on, Zhao continued to extend his lead as Praneeth, ranked 37, failed to offer the kind of challenge he did in the first game.Nmd Scarpe Italia . All of the scoring came in the final 20:04. Lucic scored on a power play at 15:46 of the third period, when he tipped a shot over Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead. Yeezy Scarpe Italia . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. http://www.yeezyscarpeitalia.it/yeezy-scarpe-ingrosso.html .875,000, avoiding arbitration. Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing. Yeezy Scarpe Sito Ufficiale . Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks. Scarpe Yeezy Negozi . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good.DAVIE, Fla. -- Dolphins?cornerback Byron Maxwell, with a smile, denied accusations by New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall?earlier this week that the veteran defender holds every single play.Responded Maxwell on Thursday: Did I hold him every play? No. I never hold.Its not true that Maxwell never holds. He has one defensive holding penalty this season, two in 2015 and 11 during his career, according to ESPN Stats and Information.Maxwell said he heard of Marshalls comments when a friend texted him Wednesday, and that he doesnt know Marshall beyond their one game against each other in 2015, when Maxwell was with the Eagles. A year later, Maxwell seemed a bit surprised the game stuck with Marshall so much.It could be a sign Maxwell is already under Marshalls skin leading into the divisional game Sunday between the Jets (3-5) and Dolphins (3-4).I might be doing somethhing right now, huh? Maxwell said.dddddddddddd Im going to play my game. ... I mean, its fun, I guess. But Im not worried about anything. Im still focused on the game and what I gotta do to win. Im cool.Maxwell played well during Miamis two-game stretch in which the team beat the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers. He was benched for one game in Week 4 for poor tackling and poor coverage but worked his way back into the starting lineup.Dolphins defensive coordinator Vance Joseph doesnt want his top cornerback to get caught up in the emotion of this one-on-one matchup.Obviously hes a great player. We cant ignore him but were going to play team defense, Joseph said of Marshall. Thats what it comes down to. We dont talk about stopping one guy. ' ' '