RIO DE JANEIRO -- Venus Williams Olympics isnt over yet: The four-time gold
medalist will play mixed doubles with American teammate Rajeev Ram.
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originally expected to enter the event but lost in the first round in both
singles and doubles, teaming with sister Serena.As expected, the biggest-name
team announced Tuesday was 14-time major champion Rafael Nadal paired with
French Open winner Garbine Muguruza. The Spaniards are seeded third.The most
anticipated team before the Olympics -- Switzerlands Martina Hingis and Roger
Federer -- didnt happen when Federer withdrew because of a knee injury.Another
top womens player who lost in the first round, Agnieszka Radwanska, will also
get an additional shot at an Olympic run. Shell play with Lukasz Kubot for
Poland.The top two seeded teams are from France: Caroline Garcia-Nicolas Mahut
and Kristina Mladenovic-Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Mahut and Herbert were seeded No.
1 in mens doubles but lost in the first round.Mladenovic and Herbert face Italys
Roberta Vinci and Fabio Fognini in the opening round. Fourth-seeded Sania Mirza
and Rohan Bopanna of India meet Australias Sam Stosur and John Peers.Other
notable pairings in the 16-team field are Spains Carla Suarez Navarro and David
Ferrer, Britains Johanna Konta and Jamie Murray, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands and
Jack Sock of the United States.The 32-year-old Ram is coming off a semifinal
appearance at Wimbledon in mens doubles.Mixed doubles play begins Wednesday.
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Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. New Zealands domestic circuit will get its
first feel of the pink ball during the 2016-17 season of the Plunket Shield, the
countrys premier first-class tournament. One round of Plunket Shield matches,
scheduled between March 6 and 9 in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington, will be
day-night fixtures, according to the domestic schedules released by New Zealand
Cricket on Tuesday. Westpac Stadium, Wellington will host its maiden first-class
match when home side Wellington take on Otago. Eden Park in Auckland will host a
match between Auckland and Canterbury, while Northern Districts will play
Central Districts at Seddon Park.According to a report on Stuff.co.nz, the pink
ball will be closely monitored, and player feedback on the balls visibility,
durability and the effect of conditions on it will be taken into account before
NZC looks into the possibility of hosting a floodlit Test against England in
2018 on a drop-in pitch at Eden Park.While the start times for the day-night
matches have not been finalised yet, the session timings (local) are likely to
be between 2.30pm and 4.30pm, 4.50pm to 6.50 pm, and 7.30pm to 9.30pm. The
remaining matches will have the traditional 10.30am start.There were pllans to
hold an entire round of day-night Plunket Shield matches in the 2015-16 season,
but these were scrapped due to concerns over the quality of lights at McLean
Park in Napier.
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ditch plans of hosting South Africa for a day-night Test in March next
year.Hamiltons Seddon Park has already had a run of trials with the pink ball
under the floodlights in the form of a New Zealand team open-wicket training
session, as well as a minor association match, held in March this year.The
2016-17 Plunket Shield will be split into two parts, and will run on either side
of the T20 and List A tournaments. The first-class season begins on October 22
and goes on until the first five rounds are completed. The final five rounds of
the Plunket Shield will then be contested from February 25 and will conclude on
April 1.The T20 competition is scheduled between December and mid-January and
will be followed by the Ford Trophy, the countrys List A competition, from
January 15 to February 18. The schedule for the T20 competition will be
announced on Friday. ' ' '