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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- John Isner beat recently retired Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Friday night in the six-player Miami Tennis Cup exhibition event. Isner won seven straight points in the first-set tiebreaker after dropping the first two. "It probably wasnt the best match as I know he hasnt played in forever and Im just getting going again," said Isner, ranked 14th in the world. "The best way to prepare yourself for a new year is to get out there and play a match like that. I know there wasnt much riding on the match, but it had that match feel that you cant emulate in practice." Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion, surrendered his serve in the eighth game of the second set to enable Isner to serve for the match. In the first match, Nicolas Almagro beat Alejandro Falla 6-4, 6-1. Almagro won the final two games of the first set and easily finished off Falla in the second. On Saturday night, recently retired Andy Roddick will face third-ranked Andy Murray. Roddick, who grew up in nearby Boca Raton, practiced at the venue Friday morning. Hes playing his second exhibition since retiring from competitive tennis at the U.S. Open in September. "I enjoy playing in these things because you still play a little bit, see old friends, not something youre training for weeks at a time," Roddick said. "Its a nice way to stay connected without all the commitments and pressure of the normal tour." Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China . The 6-foot-1 Machado played well on the Rockets summer league team, averaging 8.0 points, a team-high 5.6 assists and 2. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys From China . -- Albertas Jocelyn Peterman scored four in the fourth and five in the fifth to claim a 12-6 victory over Manitobas Shannon Birchard and win the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championship final on Saturday. http://jasonhavens.org/cheap.html . -- Will Power has won the pole in Sonoma for the third straight year, putting the IndyCar points leader in prime position to go for his third consecutive victory at the track.WIMBLEDON, England -- Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will begin the defence of his Wimbledon title on Monday against Juan Carlos Ferrero, the former No. 1 and 2003 French Open champion. Djokovic and Ferrero last played five years ago and are 1-1 in matchups. Fridays draw also seeded Djokovic to meet 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals then possibly six-time champion Roger Federer. That would be their sixth semifinal in the last eight Grand Slams. Djokovic leads them 4-1. Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., is seeded No. 21 and will open against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia. Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver will meet American Sam Querrey in first-round play. Torontos Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi of Belarus are the top seeds in the mens doubles draw. Federer opens against Albert Ramos of Spain. Second-seeded Rafael Nadal and fourth-seeded Andy Murray were in the bottom of the draw. Nadal, the two-time champion, will meet Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil first up, and Murray plays former top-5 player Nikolay Davydenko. On the womens side, Maria Sharapova, who is top seed for the first time, has a first-round match with Anastasia Rodionova of Australia, and defending champ Petra Kvitova plays Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan. Sharapova and Kvitova could meet in the final for a second straight year. Also in separate halves of the draw were Venus and Serena Williams, who share nine Wimbledon titles and met each other in four finals. Serena (No. 6) was seeded to meet Kvitova (No. 4) in the quarterfinals. Serena beat Kvitova in the semifinals in 2010 en route to her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th and last Grand Slam title. Venus, unseeded for the first time since her tournament debut in 1997 and struggling with an auutoimmune disease, plays Elena Vesnina of Russia, then could run into No.dddddddddddd 3 Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round. Kim Clijsters, unseeded and counting down to her retirement in September, was drawn against another former world No. 1, Jelena Jankovic, in the first round. Clijsters has been sidelined for most of the year with injuries, and withdrew from the Unicef Open semifinals in the Netherlands on Friday because of a stomach muscle strain. Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., will face world No. 94 Vera Dushevina of Russia in her opening match. Stephanie Dubois of Laval, Que., will open against No. 25 seed Zheng Jie of China. The draw also gave hope to extending the longest-running saga in Wimbledon history: John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut. The pair played the longest match in tennis history, more than 11 hours over three days in the first round in 2010. Isner won a second time -- in about two hours -- in the first round last year. The American and Frenchman could meet in the second round this year. Isner could run into Federer in the quarters. Lleyton Hewitt, the champion 10 years ago who was entered on a wild card, will start against No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Three-time finalist Andy Roddick, No. 30, was in the same quarter as another former U.S. Open champ, Juan Martin del Potro, and Murray. Other notable openers include No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic against David Nalbandian, who was defaulted from the Queens Club final last weekend for kicking an advertising board and hurting a linesman. Bernard Tomic, the Australian who reached the quarterfinals last year and was back as the 20th seed, starts against Belgian wild card David Goffin, who reached the last 16 at the French Open. ' ' '