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MADRID, Spain -- Seventh-seeded Sara Errani advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open by beating Urszula Radwanska of Poland, 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday. nike Free Online Schweiz. The Italian will face either Sorana Cirstea or Ayumi Morita next. Also, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia defeated Sloane Stephens of the U.S. 6-3, 7-5, Germanys Julia Goerges downed Serbias Bojana Jovanovski 6-4, 6-1, while Lourdes Dominguez-Lino of Spain beat Simona Halep of Romania 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Alize Cornet, Sabine Lisicki, Kirsten Flipkens, and Magdalena Rybarikova also won first-round matches. The first round of the mens event begins Sunday. Nike Free 3.0 V3. Bond, who is yet to land a top-20 finish in his first year on the European Tour, carded four birdies on the last five holes and seven in total to go one shot clear of Thomas Norret, Daniel Gaunt and Joost Luiten. Nike Free Schweiz. 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So when quarterback Drew Brees says "the sky is the limit" for the third-year tight end out of Miami, he isnt kidding. Graham argues that he isnt so much crazy as driven to extraordinary things. "I love flying, man. Its very freeing, very challenging," Graham said after a training camp practice this week. "One day I want to do air races. Ill dominate." If Grahams learning curve is as quick with stunt flying as it has been with playing football, he very well could be an air racing maestro one day. After playing four years of college basketball at Miami and only one season of football for the Hurricanes, it took him only two pro seasons to become Brees top target and a Pro Bowl tight end. Last season, Graham led the Saints (No. 9 in the AP Pro32) in receptions (99), yards receiving (1,310) and touchdown catches (11). And yet, as he heads into his third pro season with more fanfare than at any point in his life, this man who loves to fly has every intention of remaining personally as well-grounded as possible. "I feel like I did all those things just being Jimmy," Graham said. "So for me its not changing anything, always working as hard as you can and keeping everything in front of you, just one step at a time, not thinking that anything is too big, or that youre too big for anything. "I continually focus on staying humble and hungry and thats how Ill be the rest of my career." Oddly enough, the 6-foot-7, 265-pound Graham was too big to be a fighter pilot, a childhood dream ever since he saw his favourite movie, "Top Gun." "Then I wanted to be a Navy Seal or a Marine, but then I got even bigger, so I played basketball," Graham recalled. During his junior year at Miami, however, he had an opportunity to sit in a single-engine plane with a pilot certified in aerobatics. Asked if he wanted to see what it was like to fly upside down, Graham said he did, and was hooked on flying ever since. Shortly after turning pro, he started taking flying lessons and recently got his pilots license. While he never executes loops or rolls without an instructor in the seat next to him, he expects to be fully certified in aerobatics sometime in the next year. His first order of business, however, is the 2012 football season. And it seems full of promise, given how much difficulty Saints defenders have had stopping him in practice. "Hes tall, fast and can catch the ball. There are a lot of times where youll be in perfect position and you just cant stop him, plus the fact that he has Drew Brees as a quarterback who can put it right where the defensive back cant get it," free safety Malcolm Jenkins said. "Hes a special player. Hes really shown everybody what hes got last year and hes doing better this year. I think his route-running has been crisper. Hes understanding defences and his offence." Graham still sees a variety of areas in which he can improve, particularly his blocking. He also wants to run routes better and rack up more yards after the catch. "I am kind of a perfectionist and I am always looking to get better any way poossible," Graham said. Nike Free Run+ 3 Laufschuhe Blau Weiß. "Whenever I look back to last year ... I had a lot of missed opportunities out there, a lot of balls that I could have gotten to, a lot of routes that I should have been more disciplined on." When Graham talks like that, he sounds like Brees, who routinely laments missed throws after big wins in which he has passed for well over 300 yards. It would make sense that Brees influence would rub off on Graham, given that the Saints star quarterback routinely pokes his head into tight end film sessions to instruct Graham on improvements he could make to his route running. "Its all constructive criticism. I wouldnt even call it criticism. Its progress," Brees said. "I feel like weve been really good at doing certain things and yet I still feel like we can make some hay in a lot of areas and continue to get a little bit better. "Jimmy Graham only had one full year as a starter. The sky is the limit for this guy," Brees continued. "The good thing about him is that he doesnt necessarily need to be pushed or motivated. He is self-motivated. He is driven. Hes got a fire that burns inside of him. But then again, just like I am going to push myself, Im going to push him as much as I can." While Graham tries not to let his growing fame go to his head, he has been pleased with how it has allowed him to promote his social agenda -- namely, helping at-risk youth find healthy foster home environments. "It elevates my ability to help out kids and parents who really dont understand how much they can do to affect their kids negatively or positively," Graham said. Graham, the child of a single mother, grew up poor and lived part of his childhood in a group home for youth, where he was sometimes picked on and beaten up. His life turned around when he was adopted by a young woman in his hometown who led a youth prayer group at church. Graham said he hopes orphaned or abandoned children, along with prospective foster parents, see how his life turned out, "and it touches them, and lets them know that it can be done. You just have to do it the right way." Notes: Saints DE Will Smith, who has said little about his impending four-game suspension in connection with the NFLs bounty investigation, commented on the matter after Thursdays practice. "Obviously I dont think its fair. Obviously I think the commissioner made a mistake," Smith said. "Ultimately, he made the call and its in the court system. Well see what happens. If Ive got to serve the four games, Ill serve the four games. When I come back, Ill be 100 per cent ready to go and lead my team." ... Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt says CB Jabari Greer is having sports hernia surgery in Philadelphia after pulling his groin earlier this week. ... Rookie WR Nick Toon left Thursdays practice with an apparent left foot injury. ... DT Akiem Hicks, recovering from a broken right hand since June, says he expects to return to full practice Friday and play in Sundays Hall of Fame game against Arizona. ... The Saints waived WR Chris Givens because of a shoulder injury and re-signed CB Cord Parks. ' ' '

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