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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. Under Armour Shoes Clearance . — John Isner held off an upset bid by Dudi Sela of Israel on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open after No. 3 seed Kei Nishikori of Japan exited the tournament because of a left hip injury. The second-seeded Isner squandered four match points in the third set after leading 4-1, but the 6-foot-10 American rallied from a 5-2 deficit to prevail in the tiebreaker for a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory that earned him a spot in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year. „More times than not, when Im up 4-1, I close it out,“ said Isner, who is 5-0 in his three-set matches this season but is playing in his first tournament since exiting the Australian Open with an ankle injury last month. „It definitely didnt need to go to 5-5 when I was up 4-1. I put a lot of stress on myself when I do that.“ The world No. 13 will face American qualifier Rhyne Williams on Friday night. Williams ousted wild-card Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2 in Thursdays nightcap to reach his second ATP quarterfinal. Nishikoris bid to win his second consecutive ATP title came to an abrupt halt Thursday afternoon when the top-ranked Asian was forced to retire during the first set of his second-round match because of a left hip flexor injury. Nishikori was trailing Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia 4-2 when he decided to stop the match. He said that he experienced discomfort for the first time during his first-round win Tuesday in which he stretched his win-loss record this season to 12-2. „I tried to play, but if youre not 100 per cent, its tough,“ said Nishikori, who is ranked No. 15 in the world and was coming off a win in Memphis last week. „I couldnt do anything today. Its going to take some time to recover. Its shocking this happened, especially since Ive been playing well.“ Gabashvili advanced to the quarterfinals on Friday and will face No. 7 seed Marin Cilic of Croatia, who defeated American wild-card Ryan Harrison 6-3, 6-4. Samuel Groth and Max Mirnyi advanced to the doubles semifinals with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win against Americans Sekou Bangoura and Vahid Mirzadeh. Harrison and fellow American Jack Sock filled out the final spot in the doubles semifinals with a 6-4, 7-5 win against Santiago Gonzalez and Scott Lipsky. Curry 3 Shoes Wholesale .C., won gold in the womens 200-metre backstroke, and Dominique Bouchard of North Bay, Ont. Under Armour Fat Tire Shoes For Sale .Y. – Through three quarters, the Brooklyn Nets could not shake the NBAs worst team.PHILADELPHIA – Brandon Bass and the Boston Celtics didnt take the winless 76ers lightly.Bass scored 23 points, Jared Sullinger added 22 and Boston sent Philadelphia to its 11th straight loss to start the season with a 101-90 victory Wednesday night.We know Philadelphias desperate for a win, and we knew they were going to come out and play hard, Bass said. I just wanted to keep that in mind and try to do what I do every night, and thats come out and play hard, defend, rebound — just try to play with energy.Rajon Rondo had 13 assists and nine points, and Jeff Green chipped in 11 points for the Celtics (4-6), who snapped a three-game losing streak.I was really lucky to be raised in coaching from the standpoint that every win is a difficult thing to do, said Boston coach Brad Stevens, whose team lost three of four to Philadelphia last season. We dont look at them as a winless team; we look at them as a team that beat us three times last year.Tony Wroten led five 76ers in double figures with 21 points. Philadelphia (0-11) is seven defeats from tying the 2009-10 Nets for the worst start in NBA history.We have to keep the locker room together, 76ers coach Brett Brown said. We have to keep our guys believing that if they dont cheat days, if they really come in and invest in what were selling, then we believe we have a chance of finding some wins.Ive got no complaints with what we do, he added. They bang out good days. Its just, theyre not getting rewarded in the win column. Thats the judgment most people look at, which is fair. Its pro sports.Boston, which entered third-worst in the league at 109.4 points allowed per game, was even worse on its recent skid (116.3). But the Celtics held the struggling 76ers to a season low.The Celtics took control midway through the third quarter when they broke a 54-all tie with seven straight points. Rondo started the run with an alley-oop pass to Green for a backward dunk, followed by Rondos over-the-shoulder, no-look pass to Avery Bradley for a jumper.Bradley finished the spurt wiith a 3-pointer. Curry 5 Shoes For Sale. Wroten pulled Philadelphia to 73-68 at the end of the period by hitting a running 38-footer at the buzzer.But the Celtics opened the fourth on a 6-0 run with Kelly Olynyks dunk, Phil Presseys runner and two free throws by Evan Turner to take their largest lead to that point, 79-68, with 10:21 remaining.The best part about tonight is the way we played when things got stressful, Stevens said.The double-digit advantage was too much for the offensively challenged 76ers to overcome. Philadelphia, which led by as many as nine, entered last in the NBA in scoring (88.5 points per game) and field-goal percentage (40.3 per cent).___TIP-INSCeltics: Turner was booed by Philadelphia fans each time he checked in and every time he had the ball. The second overall pick in the 2010 draft, Turner was making his first appearance at the Wells Fargo Center since being traded to Indiana last season.76ers: Philadelphia is the fourth NBA team to start a season with 10 losses and the first since Washington began the 2012-13 campaign with 12 straight defeats.UP NEXTPhiladelphia hosts Phoenix on Friday night.Boston plays at Memphis on Friday night.SUPPORT FROM ELLENTalk-show host Ellen Degeneres sent encouragement to guard Michael Carter-Williams and the 76ers on Wednesday.When you take the court against Boston, I want you to know you have everyone on my team behind you, Degeneres told Carter-Williams during a segment of her show.Carter-Williams recently wrote that watching Degeneres show helps him deal with the frustration of losing.I love what you wrote and Im sorry youre having a tough season, Degeneres said.BASS MASTERStevens praised Bass first-half energy, saying the Celtics were able to equal it after halftime.I thought everybody else matched that in the second half and that was a big part of the game, Stevens said. Kelly was great defensively, Jared was great defensively and Brandon continued to be great. Those guys all play a good role, but Brandon Bass kind of led the charge tonight. ‚ ‚ ‚