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SPORTS Thursday, January 28, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Tennis Williams within 1 win of 7th Australian Open title Win on Saturday will tie record for Grand Slam singles By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams is one win away from another Grand Slam milestone after beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 6-4 in an Australian OSen semi¿nal that was almost a non-contest between the players who’ll be Nos. 1 and 3 in the next women’s rankings. If Williams wins Satur- day’s ¿nal against No. 7-seeded Angelique Kerber, she’ll equal Stef¿ Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam singles title, a record in the Open era, and the second- most in history behind Margaret Court’s 24. Williams is the over- whelming favorite, and not just based on recent form. She continued her perfect streak in Australian Open semi¿nals, and she has won all six ¿nals she’s contested at Melbourne Park. ³I de¿nitely block it out,´ Williams replied to a ques- tion about equaling Graf’s mark. “I was one off last year, too! “If I don’t win on Saturday, I’ll still be one off.´ Despite all her success, it is a loss that is inspiring Williams in this tournament. She was two matches away from a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2015 when she lost to Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semi¿nals. “Physically I’m feeling a lot better, mentally I needed that break after the Open,´ she said, but “I didn’t think I would do this well this fast. “I’m really excited to be in the ¿nal — it just kind of blows my mind right now.´ Kerber ended Sydney- born British player Johanna Konta’s surprising run with a 7-5, 6-2 semi¿nal win to reach her ¿rst Grand Slam ¿nal. Konta was the ¿rst British woman since 1983 to reach a major semi¿nal. Kerber has one win in six matches against Williams — in 2012. Graf was the last German (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) Serena Williams of the United States plays a backhand return to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis champi- onships in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday. player to win the women’s title in Australia, in 1994, and Kerber is asking for some advice. “So Stef¿, write me please,´ she said, laughing with the crowd on Rod Laver Arena. Williams’ win over fourth-seeded Radwanska provided another yet reminder of her dominance in the women’s game. She has won 39 of her last 40 Grand Slam matches across six major tournaments. Williams hasn’t played a left-hander so far this tournament and said that, combined with Kerber’s win over two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in the quarter¿nals, were making her wary. “She took out a really tough opponent in Victoria. You can’t underestimate Kerber,´ Williams said. “She’s beaten me before, too, and pretty good. I know that she brings a lot to the game.´ The ¿rst set of the semi¿- nals was over in 20 minutes, with Williams hitting 18 winners and Radwanska, in her ¿fth major semi¿nal, registering one — in the fourth game. The second set was closer, with Radwanska holding serve three times and breaking Serena’s powerful serve once. But the 34-year-old Williams lifted again to ¿nish it off, winning the last eight points and closing with three aces and a big forehand winner. Williams remains unbeaten in nine matches against Radwanska, whom she beat in the 2012 Wimbledon ¿nal. “She goes on court and she just wants to kill it. Going like full power for everything,´ Radwanska said. “So I don’t think anyone can really play on that kind of level at all. She started unbelievable, with such a power and speed. I was just standing there kind of watching her playing.´ With the roof on Rod Laver Arena closed because of a thunderstorm closing in, the most obvious noise in the ¿rst set was the chirping of trapped birds who’d taken shelter in the stadium. The chirping intensi¿ed as Williams served in the sixth game of the second set, and she looked up angrily after her off-balance forehand from the baseline conceding her only service break of the match. Williams ¿nished with eight aces — all in the second set — and has lost only 26 games in six rounds in a dominating run that included a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 5 Maria Sharapova in the quarter¿nals, a rematch of the 2015 ¿nal. Jamie Murray and Brazil’s Bruno Soares advanced to the doubles ¿nal with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille and will next meet Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek, who beat Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers 7-6 (11), 6-4. The ¿rst men’s semi¿nal between defending cham- pion Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will open the night session Thursday. Wednesday 5. Texas A&M (17-3) lost to Arkansas 74- 71. Next: vs. No. 14 Iowa State, Saturday. 16. Louisville (17-3) beat Virginia Tech 91- 83. Next: vs. No. 11 Virginia, Saturday. 17. Baylor (16-4) beat Oklahoma State 69-65. Next: vs. Georgia, Saturday. 20. Kentucky (16-4) beat Missouri 88-54. Next: at No. 4 Kansas, Saturday. 21. Purdue (18-4) beat Minnesota 68-64. Next: vs. Nebraska, Saturday. 22. Wichita State (15-5) beat Loyola of Chicago 80-54. Next: at Evansville, Sunday. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 49 30 16 3 63 129 113 San Jose 48 26 18 4 56 142 129 Arizona 49 24 20 5 53 131 146 Anaheim 47 22 18 7 51 101 111 Vancouver 50 20 19 11 51 122 139 Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 126 146 Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 122 149 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 0 Philadelphia 4, Washington 3, OT Nashville 2, Calgary 1 Colorado 4, Los Angeles 3 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled — All-Star break SCOREBOARD Pendleton, Hermiston at La Grande, Noon Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Hermiston at Hood River, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Friday Riverside at Nyssa, 6 p.m. Umatilla at Vale, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Heppner, 6 p.m. Culver at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Stanield at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Arlington at South Wasco, 7:30 p.m. Sherman at Ione, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Horizon Christian, 7:30 p.m. Echo at Pine Eagle, 7:30 p.m. Wallowa at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Umatilla at Nyssa, 3:30 p.m. Riverside at Vale, 3:30 p.m. Culver at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Heppner at Stanield, 5:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Ione at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday Stanield at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Riverside at Nyssa, 5 p.m. Umatilla at Vale, 5 p.m. Culver at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. Arlington at South Wasco, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Horizon Christian, 6 p.m. Sherman at Ione, 6 p.m. Wallowa at Helix, 6 p.m. Echo at Pine Eagle, 6 p.m. Pendleton at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Heppner, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Riverside at Vale, 2 p.m. Culver at Pilot Rock, 2:30 p.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 3 p.m. Heppner at Stanield, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 4 p.m. Ione at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 4 p.m. Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 4 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Today Hermiston at The Dalles, TBD Friday Mountain View at Pendleton, 6 p.m. Bonanza at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Saturday Mac-Hi, Riverside, Heppner, Irrigon at BEO Invite, 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Evergreen State, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Treasure Valley at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Northwest (WA), 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Evergreen State, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Treasure Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Northwest (WA), 5:30 p.m. Prep standings BOYS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Pendleton 1-0 8-6 811 773 9 Hermiston 1-0 8-8 978 979 16 The Dalles 0-1 3-12 795 1168 30 Hood River 0-1 1-12 731 871 33 Greater Oregon League (4A) Ovr. Conf. PS PA Rnk 3-0 9-10 1006 1053 22 1-1 6-13 789 896 28 1-1 5-7 615 570 31 0-3 5-11 853 981 36 Baker Mac-Hi La Grande Ontario Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Nyssa 4-0 9-10 952 945 15 Riverside 3-1 7-10 739 728 25 Umatilla 1-3 9-10 937 977 24 Vale 0-4 3-14 702 928 35 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Heppner 5-0 15-1 917 706 2 Stanield 4-1 12-4 1039 826 13 Irrigon 3-2 12-5 958 712 9 Wes-McE. 2-3 7-9 821 878 26 Pilot Rock 1-4 7-12 817 926 31 Culver 0-5 5-12 687 947 41 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Sherman 7-0 13-4 1154 S. Wasco 5-2 14-3 925 Dufur 5-2 8-7 787 Horizon Chr. 4-3 7-9 748 Con./Whe. 3-4 7-9 714 Ione 2-5 3-12 446 Arlington 1-6 7-11 789 Mitchell 1-6 6-10 598 PA Rnk 884 4 599 5 721 23 816 12 814 32 821 44 806 49 791 41 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Nixyaawii 7-0 17-1 1334 857 3 Powder Val. 6-1 13-3 931 602 8 Joseph Echo Wallowa Pine Eagle Helix 4-2 8-7 663 4-3 6-12 797 2-5 3-12 487 1-6 2-13 511 0-7 2-15 511 663 852 743 851 875 25 42 40 50 63 Denver vs. Carolina, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Basketball GIRLS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 1-0 13-3 886 709 6 Pendleton 1-0 6-10 783 787 20 The Dalles 0-1 8-7 691 627 19 Hood River 0-1 3-11 479 683 32 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk La Grande 2-0 13-4 997 773 6 Baker 2-1 9-9 781 854 14 Mac-Hi 1-1 11-7 715 721 23 Ontario 0-3 2-12 401 663 31 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Umatilla 4-0 15-4 886 615 10 Nyssa 2-2 11-7 766 657 15 Vale 2-2 10-8 752 706 19 Riverside 0-4 3-13 468 691 31 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Wes.-McE. 5-0 9-8 747 668 11 Pilot Rock 4-1 13-6 887 729 9 Culver 2-3 10-7 659 556 29 Stanield 2-3 7-9 610 598 30 Irrigon 2-3 6-10 619 623 23 Heppner 0-5 2-14 425 680 36 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Con./Whe. 6-1 15-2 771 Ione 6-1 9-6 646 Arlington 5-2 12-6 771 S. Wasco 3-4 8-8 535 Horizon Chr. 3-4 6-10 483 Sherman 3-4 3-12 504 Dufur 2-5 3-12 522 Mitchell 0-7 3-13 491 PA Rnk 543 6 648 19 579 26 615 31 653 36 742 45 704 44 646 59 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Nixyaawii 7-0 17-1 978 564 4 Helix 5-1 13-4 734 613 5 Powder Val. 5-2 10-7 781 592 25 Joseph 3-3 7-8 719 607 32 Echo 2-5 9-10 742 664 28 Pine Eagle 1-6 1-14 295 765 48 Wallowa 0-7 1-15 260 818 54 Football NFL Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif. NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 30 15 .667 — Boston 26 21 .553 5 New York 22 25 .468 9 Brooklyn 12 34 .261 18½ Philadelphia 7 40 .149 24 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 27 20 .574 — Miami 25 21 .543 1½ Charlotte 22 24 .478 4½ Washington 20 23 .465 5 Orlando 20 24 .455 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 32 12 .727 — Chicago 25 19 .568 7 Detroit 25 21 .543 8 Indiana 23 22 .511 9½ Milwaukee 20 27 .426 13½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 39 7 .848 — Memphis 26 20 .565 13 Dallas 26 22 .542 14 Houston 25 23 .521 15 New Orleans 16 28 .364 22 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 35 13 .729 — Portland 21 26 .447 13½ Utah 20 25 .444 13½ Denver 17 29 .370 17 Minnesota 14 33 .298 20½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 42 4 .913 — L.A. Clippers 30 16 .652 12 Sacramento 20 25 .444 21½ Phoenix 14 33 .298 28½ L.A. Lakers 9 38 .191 33½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 115, Phoenix 93 Boston 111, Denver 103 Detroit 110, Philadelphia 97 Oklahoma City 126, Minnesota 123 San Antonio 130, Houston 99 L.A. Clippers 85, Atlanta 83 Utah 102, Charlotte 73 Golden State 127, Dallas 107 Thursday’s Games Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Denver at Washington, 4 p.m. Sacramento at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Memphis, 5 p.m. New York at Toronto, 5 p.m. Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Top 25 Wednesday 1. UConn (19-0) beat Tulsa 94-30. Next: vs. Memphis, Saturday. 4. Baylor (20-1) beat Texas Tech 69-43. Next: at No. 24 West Virginia, Saturday. 5. Maryland (18-2) beat Penn State 89-53. Next: vs. Indiana, Saturday. 6. Texas (19-1) beat Kansas 70-46. Next: at Kansas State, Saturday. 18. Michigan State (15-4) beat Purdue 68-56. Next: at Wisconsin, Sunday. 20. South Florida (14-5) beat Houston 73-49. Next: at SMU, Sunday. 21. Oklahoma (14-5) beat No. 24 West Vir- ginia 57-54. Next: at Iowa State, Saturday. 24. West Virginia (16-5) lost to No. 21 Oklahoma 57-54. Next: vs. No. 4 Baylor, Saturday. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Florida 49 29 15 5 Tampa Bay 49 27 18 4 Detroit 49 25 16 8 Boston 49 26 18 5 Montreal 50 24 22 4 Ottawa 50 23 21 6 Buffalo 50 20 26 4 Toronto 48 17 22 9 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Washington 47 35 8 4 N.Y. Rangers 49 27 17 5 N.Y. Islanders 47 25 16 6 Pittsburgh 48 24 17 7 New Jersey 50 25 20 5 Carolina 51 23 20 8 Philadelphia 47 21 18 8 Columbus 51 19 27 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Chicago 53 33 16 4 Dallas 50 31 14 5 St. Louis 52 28 16 8 Colorado 52 27 22 3 Nashville 50 24 18 8 Minnesota 49 23 17 9 Winnipeg 49 22 24 3 Pacific Division NCAA Men’s Top 25 Pts 63 58 58 57 52 52 44 43 GF GA 135 108 130 117 122 124 147 131 136 134 139 155 114 136 114 134 Pts 74 59 56 55 55 54 50 43 GF GA 158 104 142 129 130 118 121 120 114 118 123 135 109 127 133 163 Pts 70 67 64 57 56 55 47 GF GA 147 122 162 133 129 128 143 142 129 131 121 115 126 140 Tennis Australian Open Wednesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Singles Men Quarterfinals Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. David Ferrer (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3. Milos Raonic (13), Canada, def. Gael Monils (23), France, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Women Quarterfinals Angelique Kerber (7), Germany, def. Victo- ria Azarenka (14), Belarus, 6-3, 7-5. Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles Women Semifinals Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (7), Czech Republic, def. Xu Yi-Fan and Zheng Saisai (15), China, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza, India (1), def. Julia Goerges, Ger- many, and Karolina Pliskova (13), Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-0. Mixed Quarterfinals CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, and Horia Tecau, Romania, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Bob Bryan (2), United States, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-6. Elena Vesnina, Russia, and Bruno Soares (5), Brazil, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Jamie Murray (4), Britain, 6-2, 6-3. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Treat Huey, Philippines, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Rohan Bopanna (3), India, 6-2, 7-5. Thursday Singles Women Semifinals Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, 6-0, 6-4. Angelique Kerber (7), Germany, def. Johanna Konta, Britain, 7-5, 6-2. 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