ATLANTA -- Top-seeded John Isner avoided an upset in his Atlanta Open title defence Thursday night, rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory over wild-card entry Robby Ginepri in the second round. Trailing 5-4 in the third set, the 12th-ranked Isner fought off two match points and evened it at 5-5 with consecutive aces. The former University of Georgia star had his only service break of the match to go up 6-5 before firing the last four of his 30 aces to close out Ginepri, an Atlanta resident ranked 281st. Isners history of tight early matches in Atlanta continued. He began the match with 24 unforced errors in the first set to Ginepris six. "This is the fifth year of this tournament, and three times 7-5 in the third," he said. "Its not easy coming in and playing your first match on a hard court in a while. I honestly didnt want to play Robby because hes a good friend, and I knew one of us was going to lose." Earlier, Thiemo De Bakker pulled off the upset that Ginepri could not when the Dutch qualifier beat second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-4, 7-5 in match delayed 2 hours, 15 minutes by rain to advance to the quarterfinals. De Bakker retired from his final qualifying match because of a sore neck yet made the field as one of three "Lucky Losers" following the late withdrawals of Gaels Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Radek Stepanek. Ben Becker of Germany added an upset win, topping seventh-seeded Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan 6-4, 6-3, and eighth seed Marinko Matosevic of Australia beat American Tim Smyczek 6-4, 7-5. Isner staved off a bigger upset bid than Anderson faced. He needed a second-set tiebreaker win to outlast Ginepri, a 31-year-old whose only ATP or Grand Slam win of the year in five prior matches came when he beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-0 in the first round. Last week, Ginepri lost a first round match in Challenger event. 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Cammalleri scored two goals, Corban Knight netted the winner in a shootout, and the Flames erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Stars 4-3 on Friday night. OTTAWA -- The Senators proved on Friday you wont win if you cant control the puck. Ottawa, which struggled all night with puck possession and making passes, had 16 giveaways to the Ducks two en route to a 2-1 defeat. "They didnt give us a lot of time and space to do anything and they were, I thought, for the most part better than we were," said Senators coach Paul MacLean. "We turned over pucks in the first period and we turned over pucks all night long." The win came as a welcome relief for the Ducks, who are on their longest road trip of the season at eight games in 15 days. They were losers of their first two, including a 4-1 loss to Montreal Thursday night. "Our guys did a great job responding and getting back to the hockey that we like to play," said Ryan Getzlaf. "After back-to-back games you cant ask for anything else. Our guys did a great job parking (Thursdays) loss and focusing on this one." Focus, or lack thereof, seemed to be an issue for the Senators as both Anaheim goals were a result of turnovers . "Its a game of mistakes," said Senators goalie Craig Anderson. "They made mistakes also, but we didnt capitalize. When we had our opportunities their goalie made some good saves or we missed our chances." Patrick Maroon and Getzlaf scored for the Ducks (7-3-0) as Frederik Andersen made 26 saves for the victory. Mika Zibanejad scored the lone goal for the Senators (4-3-2). Anderson stopped 26 shots in defeat. The Senators best period was the third, but Andersen, who was making his first start for Anaheim, stopped all 12 shots he faced. "I just want to build on this," said Andersen. "It was fun. It was nice to get a win." For his part Anderson made a couple of great saves late in the third to give the Senators a chance in the final minute with the extra man, but Ottawa was unable to score. Maroon opened the scoring at the seven-minute mark of the first period when he took a pass from Corey Perry and beat Anderson with a wrist shot. A communicatiion breakdown between defenceman Erik Karlsson and Anderson led to the Ducks second goal.dddddddddddd Karlsson took the puck behind Ottawas net but mishandled it, allowing Perry to grab it and put it out front where once again Karlsson struggled to clear it. Eventually Getzlaf jumped on the puck and buried it. "I dont think we were there from the start," said Karlsson. "We caught a couple of really bad breaks and were down two goals. Were running up hill the whole game." The Senators cut the lead in half midway through the second on Zibanejads power-play goal, which came as a result of some great work by Cory Conacher, who took a beating in the crease to create a screen. Zibanejad, who was recalled Tuesday, now has a goal and an assist in his last two games and was rewarded for his effort on the night as he saw time on the top line. "Its nice to get that confidence up and be able to contribute to the team with goals and good play, but its a tough loss," said Zibanejad. Ottawa then took three straight minor penalties. Its only saving grace was the fact the Ducks power play has struggled of late. "Those (penalties) are Duracell drainers for sure," said MacLean. "The opposition put us under some pressure again and forced us to take penalties. Thats what good teams do to you and thats what speed does to you." The Senators had a great opportunity to tie the game early in the third with the man advantage, but Clarke MacArthur, who is still looking for his first of the season, wasnt able to bury a loose puck. This was the second and final meeting between the two teams this season. Notes: D Jared Cowen played his 100th NHL career game. C Jean-Gabriel Pageau, LW Matt Kassian and D Patrick Wiercioch were a healthy scratch for the Senatorsa Anaheims RW Teemu Selanne, RW Dustin Penner (concussion, out indefinitely) and D Mark Fistric did not play. The Ducks announced post-game that G Frederik Andersen signed a two-year contract extension. Terms of the agrrement were not disclosed. China Jerseys Cheap Wholesale Authentic Jerseys NFL Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys China NFL Jerseys From China ' ' '