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MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - Guinea wont be able to rely on simple luck at the African Cup anymore.The west African country, one of the three worst affected by the Ebola outbreak, won a drawing of lots this week to get its spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament. The national team will next face Ghana on Sunday.I can say we have luck and I can say we deserve it also, Guinea captain Ibrahima Traore said Saturday. Tomorrow is a big day for all Guinea, after all weve been through.In the other quarterfinal match later Sunday at Malabo Stadium, tournament favourite Ivory Coast will play Algeria. The Ivorians came into the tournament as one of the favourites, but Guineas path to the quarterfinals has become a fascinating tale.The team was unable to host qualifying matches, instead playing home games in Morocco and away matches at opposing countries — in many cases getting frequent temperature checks to test for symptoms of Ebola. But the Guineans qualified despite the difficulties and the hardships, and they have played well through three draws in three matches in Equatorial Guinea.I was very impressed, not just because of football, Ghana coach Avram Grant said of Guinea. Their spirit is good. Its not easy for this country. I have a lot of respect to them.The route to the quarterfinals wasnt straightforward, however. After their third straight 1-1 draw, the Guineans and Malians were exactly tied for second place in Group D. To separate them, two green balls were put into a bowl on Thursday at a hotel in Malabo and the representative from Guinea chose the one that got them through.Sometimes you can say that when you work hard, you deserve the luck, Guinea coach Michel Dussuyer said. Of course we have been lucky with the draw, but before the draw we have fought very hard to reach this level.In qualifying, Guinea and Ghana were in the same group, so they have played twice recently. Ghana held Guinea to a 1-1 draw in Morocco before winning 3-1 at home.The Ivory Coast came into the tournament as one of the favourites, mainly due to its star-filled starting lineup. With Yaya Toure and Wilfried Bony alone, the Ivorians may have the best two players at the competition.But they started slowly in Equatorial Guinea, being held to 1-1 draws by both Guinea and Mali. It was only after a 1-0 victory over Cameroon in the final group match that Ivory Coast assured itself a spot in the quarterfinals.We are just thinking about victory, Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard said. We wont be happy after the competition if we are in semifinals and we lose. Or even if we play the final. Because if you play one final — and you lose this final — its terrible.It will always come into your mind for the rest of your life. Air Max 95 Australia Wholesale . 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The Rangers will face either the Flyers or Columbus in the opening round of the post-season. The Rangers struggled throughout against the lowly Sabres and goalie Matt Hackett, who played in just his seventh NHL game of the season.BASEL, Switzerland - Canadian fourth seed Milos Raonic struggled for well over two hours Thursday before finally earning a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) win over Donald Young to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., could have closed out a straight-sets win in less than 90 minutes. Instead, Young claimed a tiebreaker to take the match into a deciding third set.There were there I have to do differently and not put myself in that situation, said Raonic, making his Basel debut. At the end of the day, the most important thing was to win, no matter how.Vancouvers Vasek Pospisil, semi-finalist a year ago against Roger Federer, fell 6-2, 6-2 in his second round match against fifth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.Grigor played well, I was not myself, it felt similar to last year, Pospisil said. Im just burned out mentally.It was a tough match, you cant take anything away form him. Ive had a heavy schedule. Since March Ive been home nine days.Federer, the tournaments top seed, had to fight back from a set down before beating Denis Istomin 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. The Swiss star will face Dimitrov in the next round.Raonic now stands 45 points behind Andy Murray in the race to next months eight-man World Tour Finals in London, with the Scot also winning his second-round match in Valencia.David Ferrer, one spot behind Raonic, also produced a win in Spain as the chase tightens with this week and next at Paris Bercy to play.Even if I was counting the points, its irrelevant as everyone (in the race) is still playing, said Raonic, who served as a non-playing substitute in London a year ago. Theres not a lot I can do about it except to concentrate on my game.Raonic next plays Belgian David Goffin, who has risen to a 28th ranking with solid play all season. Raonic faced him in 2011 in a Wimbledon match which did not conclude as Goffin retired after losing the first set.Hes playing great tennis, he tries to move you around with forehand and backhand and he returns well, said Raonic, now 45-16 on the season. He does iit all well.ddddddddddddIll have to try and play as much on my terms as possible.Raonic took an early lead against Young, which held up as he won the opening set in less than half an hour.But standing two points from the win in the second-set tiebreaker, the 23-year-old committed a pair of errors which led Young back into contention at 5-all.The American took advantage of a Raonic error to earn a set point, then levelled at a set each when Raonics forehand went wide.In the third set, Raonic recovered from a double-fault and an error which sent him to love-30 in the 11th game, holding his nerve for a 6-5 lead. When Young sent that set into a tiebreak, it came down to Raonic to finish off the victory with his 22nd ace.I had a lot of tough moments to squeeze through, Raonic said. In the second set he fought hard and found a way. I had a few lucky breaks overall to win it.Federer struggled in the opening set, and even walked toward his chair early in the first game before realizing there was still a point to play.Istomin had taken just a set off Federer in five previous meetings, last year in Basel, but the Uzbekistan player took the lead after breaking in the sixth game.However, Federer fought back and took a commanding lead in the second set after breaking when Istomin hit a backhand long.Istomin battled to stay in the match and saved seven break points in the final set before finally succumbing to Federer in the third game and the second-ranked home favourite went on to clinch the match with a love service game.Eighth-seeded Ivo Karlovic also advanced after coming from a set down to defeat qualifier Kenny De Schepper of France 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3 in just under 2 hours.The Croatian will face Benjamin Becker in the quarter-finals. The German eased through after Mikhail Kukushkin, who had upset Stanislas Wawrinka in the opening round, retired when trailing 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 4-0.Borna Coric set up a quarter-final against childhood idol Rafael Nadal as the 17-year-old Croatian comfortably beat Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-4.— With files from The Associated Press ' ' '