STANFORD, Calif. -- Serena Williams had to get her bearings after flying halfway around the world. Once she got loose, she needed just over an hour to pick up another win. Four days after capturing the singles title at Wimbledon, the fourth-ranked and top-seeded Williams beat reigning NCAA champion Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Bank of the West on Wednesday. "I couldnt quite believe I was playing today," Williams said. "But Im healthy and I have a heartbeat so I didnt have a reason not to. I could have felt better." Gibbs double-faulted on her first serve and then seemed to regain her composure and played a number of strong points the rest of the way. "I kind of expected that," Gibbs said. "I could laugh at that one. She is such a hero to me and I had her so built up in my mind I thought she was going to do no wrong. I collected a lot of experience points out there if not physical points." Williams, who credited her win at Stanford last year as rejuvenating her career, said it took some time to adjust to the different conditions between Wimbledon grass and California hard court. "I definitely felt sluggish and it was good to get the win over with," she said. "Im still waking up at 2 a.m." When Williams discovered that Gibbs once served as her ball girl and looked up to her, she was flattered. "To know someone still wants to be like me, thats kind of awesome," Williams said. "When I played Monica Seles for the first time it was kind of cool." Gibbs will get another chance at a WTA Tour event, as she learned Wednesday she received a wild card into the main draw at San Diego next week. "She held her own today," Williams said. "She moved well and she didnt quit and to me thats the best quality you can have as an athlete. Shes a fighter and has a pretty good first serve." Williams will meet sixth-seeded Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa in Fridays quarterfinal. Scheepers advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over wild card Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal. In another match, fifth-seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgian beat Heather Watson of Britain 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. [url=http://www.blackhawkshockeyproshop.com/]http://www.blackhawkshockeyproshop.... . In some cases that may be a function of how many players are capable of stepping and playing the position at an NFL level, but theres also a need for many teams to break up the workload, either based on specialties or lack of a dominant performer. [url=http://www.blackhawkshockeyproshop.com/Brent-Seabrook-Blackhawks-Jersey/]ht... . Storm, leading since the first round, began the day with a three-stroke advantage, which he extended to five when he birdied the 12th hole on the Hilversumsche course. But consecutive bogeys at 13 and 14 and a string of pars left him at 1-under 69 and tied with Pablo Larrazabal (64), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (66) and Scott Jamieson (66) at 12 under. [url=http://www.blackhawkshockeyproshop.com/Nick-Leddy-Blackhawks-Jersey/]http:/... . Numbers Game breaks down the Wild signings of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. The Wild Get: LW Zach Parise and D Ryan Suter. [url=http://www.blackhawkshockeyproshop.com/Kris-Versteeg-Blackhawks-Jersey/]htt... . The four top teams from the regular season have advanced through two rounds of playoffs to square off in this weekends preliminary finals. [url=http://www.blackhawkshockeyproshop.com/Stan-Mikita-Blackhawks-Jersey/]http:... . What do these three teams have in common? Well, they all made significant trades for starting pitchers in the off-season, and all three are in the thick of the race for playoff spots in the National League.YARMOUTH, N.S. -- Melvin Nyffeler stopped all 27 shots he faced for the shutout and six different players scored goals as Switzerland blanked Canada East 6-0 on Saturday in the bronze-medal game at the World Junior A Challenge. Robin Leone, Nolan Diem, Luca Fazzini, Jorden Gahler, Christoph Bertschy and Sandro Zangger all scored goals for the Swiss, while Luka Hoffmann added three assists. Switzerland scored in the first and last minutes of the first period to take an early 2-0 lead. They bumped it to a three-goal lead after two periods before doublingg its advantage in the final 20 minutes.dddddddddddd Charlie Finn took the loss in goal for Canada East, making 26 saves as the Canadians finished out of the medals for just the second time in seven appearances. Canada East did not score a goal in its final 133 minutes of play, after being shut out in its semifinal loss to Canada West on Friday. A penalty-filled third period saw the teams combine for 215 penalty minutes, setting a tournament record. Canada West will defend its tournament championship Sunday against the United States. ' ' '