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NAPLES, Italy -- Fabio Fognini overcame an injury and tough resistance from James Ward to give Italy a 1-0 lead over Britain on the rain-delayed opening day of their Davis Cup quarter-final Friday. Ben Woodburn Liverpool Jersey . Andy Murrays match against Andreas Seppi was then suspended due to poor light with the British No. 1 leading 6-4, 5-5 after just under two hours of play. The match will resume Saturday morning ahead of the doubles. Fognini was made to struggle against a player ranked 148 places below him before winning 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in more than three hours to preserve his remarkable Davis Cup record on clay. The start was delayed by more than two hours because of rain in Naples. Ward powered into a 3-0 lead as Fognini double-faulted twice in his first service, game but the 13th-ranked Italian fought back by winning four games in succession before taking the opening set. It looked to be a similar story in the second set as Ward again rushed into a 3-0 lead before allowing Fognini back in. But this time it was the Briton who took four games in a row and levelled the match with a drop shot. Fognini had been hampered by a left thigh injury in the buildup to the series and also had heavy taping by his ribs. He had to receive medical treatment before the start of the third set. Fognini broke quickly in the third and maintained the advantage, saving two break points before serving out the set. Ward then seemed to tire as Fognini comfortably took the fourth and final set, sealing the win with a short volley at the net. Murray, who is ranked eighth in the world, was made to work against Seppi before breaking in the seventh game and going on to claim the opening set. Both players struggled with their service game and Murray had to save four set points in an enthralling final game of the day. The two-time Grand Slam champion is looking for his sixth consecutive win against Seppi as Britain attempts to reach the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 1981. Italy has not lost at home to Britain since 1926 and will be hoping the vociferous home support can help it reach the final four for the first time in 16 years. Roberto Firmino Liverpool Jersey . -- Former NHL star Jeremy Roenick shot a second-round 69 to take the lead after 36 holes and former LPGA great Annika Sorenstam and Chad Pfeifer, who lost his left leg above the knee serving in Iraq, are among several players in contention in the American Century Championship tournament on Saturday. Virgil van Dijk Liverpool Jersey . Both sides came closest to scoring in the first half, when Roma had a goal from Mattia Destro waved off for offside and Inters Rodrigo Palacio headed high. "A draw was a fair result. Neither squad had many chances," Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic said. http://www.soccerliverpoolproshop.com/c-48-andrew-robertson-liverpool-fc-jersey.aspx . Messis 75th-minute goal answered some of the criticism the clubs all-time leading scorer had received for his lacklustre performances in the teams recent losses in the league, Champions League and Copa del Rey final.EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers seem to be getting it together under interim coach Todd Nelson. Derek Roy had a goal and two assists as the Oilers came away with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.Benoit Pouliot, Jeff Petry, Nail Yakupov and Taylor Hall also scored for the Oilers (10-23-9) who have gone 3-1-2 under Nelson since he took over sole coaching responsibilities when G.M. Craig MacTavish moved back upstairs after joining Nelson for five games in the wake of the firing of Dallas Eakins.The Oilers had lost 20 of their previous 21 games before showing some recent signs of life.Its fun to win, Hall said. It does make you forget about what place you are in the standings for a couple of days. We need that, we need to be a relaxed group. For us, winning helps out a lot with that.Were starting to gel a lot as a team. When we get down, we come together, we dont try to do too much individually, were starting to play like that and its helping out a lot. Its a nice little stretch for us. A win is a win, no matter where it is in the season. And when youre winning against a team like Chicago its even better.Thats how we have to play every game, added Yakupov. That was really a team game tonight. It was really exciting. We started to play the right way.The Oilers twice scored quickly after allowing a goal, something Nelson said was a good sign that there is still some fight in the squad.It was a great sign that we could bounce back right away, he said. Thats good to see, hopefully that continues and we keep on maturing in that direction. Once they scored, our guys stuck with it and got rewarded.Brandon Saad had both goals for the Blackhawks (27-13-2), who have lost two of their past three games.They played a good game, but we had all the chances we needed to win this game tonight, said Blackhawks goalie Antti Raanta. Ive played better games myself.The game winning-goal, the third one, if you let that kind of bad rebound right to a guys stick, you have to recover and make the save. You cant let in that kind of goal. We lost the game almost because of me, so it is a bad feeling.The Blackhawks were coming off a tough trip after playing the Wild in Minnesota on Thursday night, but Saad said they cant use that as an excuse.Its tough, but there are no excuses, he said. It is part of the NHL and the schedule. We cant blame it on that. We got outworked tonight. It was a big game for us and a tough loss.Were not happy with our last two performances.The Blackhawks started the scoring seven-and-a-half minutes into the first period as Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens was able tto make an initial stop on Chicago forward Jonathan Toews, but the Edmonton defence let Saad skate in unmarked to deposit the rebound into the net for his 11th goal of the season. Dejan Lovren Jersey. Edmonton got that goal back just over a minute later as Pouliot tucked a puck past Raanta during a scramble in front of the Blackhawks net.The Oilers went up 2-1 on the power play with six-and-a-half minutes left to play in the opening frame. Teddy Purcell fed a puck in front of the Chicago net and Roy came racing in to deflect it past Raanta.Chicago tied the game six minutes into the second period as Oilers defender Nikita Nikitin blew a tire, allowing a two-on-one. Marian Hossa elected to shoot on the play and the rebound came directly to Saad, who scored his second goal of the game.Edmonton came flying back to regain the lead only 46 seconds later as Petry joined the rush and slipped the rebound from a Yakupov shot through Raantas legs to make it 3-2.Scrivens kept his team in the lead with five minutes left in the second period as he made a huge stop on Andrew Shaw on the doorstep.The Oilers were able to clamp down on defence and limit the Blackhawks chances in the third until Yakupov was able to put the game away, coming in with Hall on a two-on-none opportunity and electing to shoot himself, beating Raanta on the backhand with three minutes remaining. It was Yakupovs first goal in 15 games.Hall added an empty-netter shortly afterwards.Scrivens recorded 19 saves in the win.Both teams return to the ice on Sunday as the Blackhawks return to Chicago to face the Wild and the Oilers finish off a four-game homestand against the Florida Panthers.Notes: It was the second of three games between the Oilers and Hawks this season. Chicago dominated the first contest with a 7-1 win in Edmonton in November. The Blackhawks entered the game having won five in a row over Edmonton, dating to the 2012-13 season… Chicago backup goalie Antti Raanta got the nod in net after watching Corey Crawford make the previous seven starts for the team… There were some obvious statistical differences between the two teams entering the game, the most glaring being goal differential. The Blackhawks were +35 in goal differential (123-88), while Edmonton was -47 (89-136)… Remaining out with injuries for Chicago were Trevor Van Riemsdyk (patella fracture) and Kris Versteeg (upper body), while Edmonton was without the services of Tyler Pitlick (lacerated spleen)… Derek Roy became just the fifth Oiler to have a three-point game this season. Chicagos Patrick Kane has had six three-point games this year. 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