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NEW YORK -- It was a year and a half ago in Miami that CiCi Bellis first played Serena Williams and, in her fathers words, froze with fear.After winning only two games in the straight-sets loss, Gordon and Lori Bellis told their then-16-year-old daughter, You just played the biggest-serving, hardest-hitting, best player in the game. You have nothing else to be fearful of.Friday night, on one of the biggest stages in tennis, the 17-year-old American played the second-best player in the womens game and learned that while she might have a ways to go to defeat the proverbial big girls, she is no longer fearful.I think today was the best experience Ive ever had in tennis, Bellis said after being vanquished by Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-1 in 55 minutes. Her groundstrokes are perfect. I hope to one day be able to play like her.It was the tour-leading 50th victory of 2016 for the 28-year-old Kerber, the 2016 Australian Open champ, Wimbledon finalist and French Open quarterfinalist. The second-seeded German -- who made her Arthur Ashe Stadium debut in 2007, when as a 19-year-old she lost in straight sets to Williams -- was complimentary of her young opponent.Shes a great young, really talented player, said Kerber, who moves onto the round of 16 against Petra Kvitova. For sure she will have a great future.Gordon Bellis had half-joked after his daughters second-round victory over French Open quarterfinalist Shelby Rogers that he intended to plead with tournament officials to not have CiCi play the late-evening match because she generally went to bed at 10.Fridays match began just before 10, and while Bellis seemed alert enough in her Ashe debut with two break points in the first game, Kerber would hold and get down to business soon enough.Kerber broke Bellis twice in the 31-minute first set, then three more times in the second, showing her experience and court savvy in a way that inspired Bellis more than anything else.I think were around the same height, Bellis said. She doesnt have the biggest serve in womens tennis. I definitely dont either. I think shes a really good person to model my game after. ... Definitely an unbelievable match for me to be able to play, to play against.Bellis, who first captured the adoration of New York fans as a 15-year-old in 2014 with an opening-round upset over No. 13 Dominika Cibulkova, showed her tennis gumption with a late service break against Kerber to prevent a second-set bagel.In the end, she got to upgrade her hotel room to a suite and enjoy more than a week of tennis with three victories in qualifying and two in the main draw. But Bellis latest US Open ride came to an end with her blowing kisses to the crowd as she left the court.Its the most amazing court I ever played on ... the best court in the world, she said.Bellis said maintaining her amateur status and attending Stanford next year is still an option as she left $140,000 for her third-round appearance on the table. 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Cronulla want to make young guns Valentine Holmes and Jack Bird one-club players on the back of the Sharks historic NRL premiership win.The Sharks have the bulk of their 25-man roster coming off contract at the end of 2017 with Holmes and Bird leading a list of 16 players whose deals are set to expire.Rival clubs will be able to begin negotiating with Bird and Holmes on November 1 this year however coach Shane Flanagan said he hoped to have them signed and sealed before pre-season training begins in December.Birdy and Val will be done in the off-season, Flanagan said.Theyre not a problem. Theyre both committed to the club, theyre not going anywhere so I dont see an issue with that especially on the back of this (grand final win).With Michael Ennis having hung up his boots after Sundays win over Melbourne, Paul Gallen set to retire next year and the careers of Luke Lewis and Chris Heighington winding down, Bird and Holmes are seen as the future of the club.Bird, 21, this year eaarned his first NSW State of Origin jersey and is in the frame to have his name read out when Mal Meninga announces his Australian side for the Four Nations on Tuesday.ddddddddddddHolmes was a standout in the grand final, coming up with some important carries to get his side out of trouble, making 165m from 16 touches.Theyre key players for us, Flanagan said of Bird and Holmes.They both love the club, hopefully theyll be one-club players. I know Birdy has been somewhere else (St George Illawarra), but hopefully theyll be one-club players in the first grade-sense.FEEDING FRENZY* Cronulla players off-contract at the end of 2017Ben Barba, Gerard Beale, Jack Bird, Jayden Brailey, Nu Brown, Kurt Capewell, Manaia Cherrington, Sosaia Feki, Paul Gallen, Wade Graham, Valentine Holmes, Ricky Leutele, Joseph Paulo, Matt Prior, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Chad Townsend. Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Stitched Jerseys China Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Store Youth NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Discount NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys Wholesale NFL White Jerseys Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys White NFL Jerseys Cheap Camo China NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Jerseys NFL China ' ' '