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London, England - Five-time champion Serena Williams and one-time titlist Maria Sharapova were a pair of easy second-round winners Thursday at Wimbledon. Udonis Haslem Jersey . The world No. 1 superstar Williams stomped helpless South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 in a mere 49 minutes on the No. 1 Court at the venerable All England Club. The 17-time Grand Slam champion and reigning U.S. Open titlist is now 72-9 lifetime at Wimbledon, including seven trips into the final. The 32-year-olds third-round opponent on the famed grass Saturday will be 25th-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, who got past Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. The fifth-seeded former world No. 1 Sharapova has now won her last nine Grand Slam matches after blasting Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-1 in an hour, also on the No. 1 Court. The Russian star is fresh off her French Open title three weeks ago. Sharapova stunned Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final and was the 2011 runner-up here to Czech Petra Kvitova. Up next for the five-time major champion Sharapova will be upstart American Alison Riske. Ninth-seeded German left-hander Angelique Kerber reached the round of 32 by sneaking past Britains Heather Watson, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Meanwhile, 11th-seeded former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic improved to 7-0 on grass this year with a 6-4, 6-0 pasting of Chinese Zheng Jie, 13th-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard improved to 12-2 at Grand Slams this season with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa, and 19th-seeded 2013 Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki handled Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5. The former French Open champion Ivanovic captured her first-ever grass- court title in Birmingham two weeks ago; Bouchard is the only woman to appear in two major semifinals this year; and Lisicki was last years runner-up to Marion Bartoli at the AEC. Ivanovic and Lisicki will clash on Saturday. Kazakhstans Zarina Diyas ousted 15th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6 (14-12), 5-7, 6-2, while 20th-seeded German Andrea Petkovic got past Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, and 24th-seeded Belgian Kirsten Flipkens handled Spains Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 6-1. Flipkens was a surprise Wimbledon semifinalist last year. American Madison Keys posted a mild upset by tackling 31st-seeded Czech Klara Koukalova 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2. The 19-year-old Illinois native Keys is fresh off her first-ever WTA title, on grass, in Eastbourne last week. Also on Day 4, 2010 Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva, of Russia, dismissed rising Croat Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-4, Kazakhstans Yaroslava Shvedova doused Estonian two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, and the aforementioned Riske downed rising Italian Camila Giorgi 7-5, 6-2. Matches between third-seeded French Open runner-up Simona Halep, of Romania, and Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko and American Victoria Duval and Swiss Belinda Bencic were postponed because of rain. The third round will commence Friday, as second seed Li Na, fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and a sixth-seeded Kvitova will take to the courts. The Australian Open champion Li will meet Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, while the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Radwanska will take on Portuguese Michelle Larcher de Brito and the 2011 titlist Kvitova will battle 30th-seeded five- time Wimbledon champ Venus Williams. Also slated for action are 10th-seeded Aussie Open runner-up Dominika Cibulkova and 16th-seeded former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Goran Dragic Jersey . The game marks the rare occasion when two homegrown running backs, Jon Cornish of the Calgary Stampeders and Andrew Harris of the B.C. Lions, will start in the West Divisions battle for a Grey Cup berth. Edrice Adebayo Jersey . 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The Seahawks will play Green Bay in Sundays NFC championship game.If Seattle beats Green Bay, Quinn may not be available for a second interview until after the Feb. 1 Super Bowl.The NFLs anti-tampering policy allows teams to conduct follow-up interviews — but not first interviews — in the bye week following conference championship games. Seattle could deny permission for the second interview until after the Super Bowl.Now, if Seattle allows Quinn to talk with other teams in the bye week, the Falcons could have an advantage over at least one other organization looking for a coach. Denver hasnt had a first interview with Quinn. If the Seahawks win on Sunday, Denver would have to wait until after the Super Bowl to speak with Quinn.Quinn has met with the Bears.With his focus on the NFC championship game, Quinn said Thursday there was nothing really to report on his plans for next week.I had a great time going through the process, Quinn said of his interviews. What a wonderful opportunity to talk to people, but Im in a great situation and now that were back here need to focus on the game and what a great challenge we have for us. ... Its easy to get back to what were doing here.The Falcons were expected to have their second meeting with Detroit defensive co-ordinator Teryl Austin on Thursday.Austin, 49, has no experience as a head coach and only one year as the Lions co-ordinator. He was secondary coach with Baltimore from 2011-13 and spent 2010 as the University of Floridas defensive co-ordinator. He also has coached defensive backs at Arizona and Seattle.Austin iss expected to interview in Denver on Friday. Dion Waiters Jersey. He also had interviews with Chicago, Buffalo and San Francisco.Lions coach Jim Caldwell said last week he believes Austin has all of the qualities that youre looking for in a head coach.Similarly, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll endorsed Quinns candidacy as a head coach.Well, hes been very successful, Carroll said. Hes got tremendous relationships wherever hes been around the league. Hes been a guy that wherever he goes people rave about. We feel the same way.Quinn followed Austin as Floridas defensive co-ordinator in 2011-12. Quinn, 44, then took over the Seahawks defence.The Seahawks led the NFL in scoring defence, total defence and takeaways while winning the Super Bowl last season. Quinns defence shined in the Super Bowl win over Peyton Manning and the Broncos. He previously was defensive line coach for the Seahawks, 49ers, Dolphins and Jets.Hes had a great history, Carroll said. Hes a great communicator. Hes a fantastic teacher. Hes got a real toughness about him — innovative. He has all of the attributes of being a successful guy moving forward so when that time comes we will expect to see him land one of those jobs and we will look forward to playing against him.Seattle ranks sixth in total defence this season.The Falcons hoped to have a second interview with former Arizona defensive co-ordinator Todd Bowles on Wednesday, but Bowles instead agreed to take the Jets job.The Falcons are looking to replace Mike Smith, who was fired following a 6-10 finish in 2014.Atlanta has struggled on defence while finishing a combined 10-22 the past two seasons. 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