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Pridham, a native of Stouffville, Ont., worked at the NHL since 1999. "I am very grateful for the opportunities and experiences Ive gained at the National Hockey League," Pridham said. "I always looked forward to the opportunity to bring that experience to an NHL club and Im thrilled with the chance to join Dave Nonis and his team with the Toronto Maple Leafs." Victor Caratini Jersey . Cornet won six straight games to rally from a 2-0 deficit and take the first set. The 25th-ranked Frenchwoman broke back twice in the second set before Bacsinszky saved a match point at 5-4. Kendall Graveman Cubs Jersey . James Erskine said Tuesday that Thorpe was "quite sick" in a Sydney hospital but dismissed media reports the swimmer might lose the use of his left arm. 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And its always different to play indoors ... the match couldve definitely been a lot closer.Murray decided only last Friday to accept a wild card as he is chasing points in order to qualify for the ATP Finals in London next month.Hopefully, I can improve for my next game, the Scot said after his 470th career win. He joined Fabrice Santoro in 50th place on the Open era win list.Pospisil, from Vancouver, had eight double-faults and lost serve late in each set as the 11th-ranked Murray imposed his game in their first career meeting. I felt like overall I played well from the baseline, but my serve let me down for sure, said Pospisil. I cant remember when I had so many double-faults and such a low first-serve percentage.Other than that it was a good match. I had chances in both sets but Andy played well when he had to.Pospisil, the world No. 44, fell to 19-21 on the season.He will return to action next week at the Swiss Indoors. Pospisil reached the semifinals last year in Basel before falling to Swiss star Roger Federer.My goal is to try and finiish the season strong, Pospisil said. Bill Madlock Cubs Jersey. Both Basel and Paris are big events with a lot of opportunities. I want to get in some good matches and hopefully play well.Murray next plays Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, who won the last seven points in the third-set tiebreaker to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (3).David Ferrer advanced to his 15th quarterfinal of the season after defeating Tobias Kamke of Germany 7-5, 6-1. The fifth-ranked Ferrer, the top seed, avoided service breaks and converted his second match point with a forehand winner.It was tough in the first set but in the second I played better, more solid, more consistent, said Ferrer, who plays No. 6 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the quarterfinals.The Spaniard needs to reach Sundays final to improve his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals.Earlier, Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil rallied to beat the 2004 champion, No. 3 Feliciano Lopez, 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-4.Lopez, who was ranked a career-high 14th after beating Rafael Nadal on his way to the Shanghai semifinals last week, lost eight straight games from 1-1 in the second. The Spaniard also lost 19 points in a row, including the first 13 of the final set.Bellucci will meet Viktor Troicki of Serbia, who reached his third quarterfinal since returning from a doping ban in July by beating No. 5 Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2.Also, Benjamin Becker of Germany defeated last years finalist, Robin Haase of the Netherlands, 6-3, 6-3, winning six straight games to lead by a set and 2-0. He lined up a quarterfinal against compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber.———With files from The Canadian Press. ' ' '