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MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian Daniel Nestor and French partner Kristina Mladenovic won their Australian Open mixed doubles semifinal on Friday, defeating Chinas Zheng Jie and American Scott Lipsky 6-3, 6-1. The victory in 55 minutes puts the 41-year-old from Toronto into his third mixed final in Australia after lifting titles in 2007 and 2011. Nestor and Mladovic will take on Indias Sania Mirza and Romanian Horia Tecau in Sundays final after the sixth seeds defeated the Australian pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-3, 10-2 (match tiebreak). Nestor is bidding for his fourth mixed trophy and his second with Mladovic after the pair won Wimbledon last summer following a runner-up showing at the French Open. The first set lasted 25 minutes and ended with a break. Nestors side took an early lead in the second set with a break and then raced to 5-1 on the way to victory. Nestors team took victory with four breaks of serve, going through with 17 winners and just eight unforced errors in a polished performance. The win was all but trouble-free, with the Nestor side saving a break point in the final game before serving out the victory. Nestor owns two previous Melbourne mixed titles, winning with Elena Likhovtseva in 2007 and repeating three years ago with Slovenian Katerina Srebotnik. Jonathan Stewart Jersey . -- Henry Josey watched helplessly from the sideline last fall, rehabbing from a serious knee injury, while Missouri was getting pushed around in its first SEC season. Patrick Omameh Giants Jersey .com) - The New York Jets have named Mike Maccagnan their new general manager. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Jonathan-Stewart-Jersey/ .C. -- Marcus Paige and his North Carolina teammates have endured so many wild swings -- big wins, surprising losses, NCAA drama -- that no one can blame their Hall of Fame coach for wondering whats next. Patrick Omameh Jersey . -- Michael Frazier II scored 21 points, Dorian Finney-Smith added 11 and No. B.J. Hill Jersey . -- The Minnesota Vikings released reserve cornerback A.BALI, Indonesia -- Stephen Harper has dropped his prime ministerial gloves and put on his hockey historians helmet to wade in on the subject of violence in Canadas most popular sport. And he did so from a beach-front hotel in Bali, Indonesia, of all places. The prime minister, who has a book coming out next month on the early history of professional hockey, prefaced his unsolicited comments Tuesday on his role as an author, not as a politician. "Since Im taking off my hat soon on this (hockey historian) business anyway, as you know, I welcome the opportunity to comment on it," he told bemused reporters at a closing news conference following a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. Harper -- a sharp-elbowed partisan in the political game -- said hockey is a rough sport but hes an admirer of skill over brawn. "I do think that authorities have historically not taken their responsibility to try and keep the rough, tough part of the game within the rules," he said, adding hes particularly concerned about head shots. "These are very serious issues and they do have to be taken seriously by the NHL and other sports bodies." Last weeks opening of the 2013-14 NHL season saw a nasty incident in which Montreal Canadiens enforcer George Parros pitched to the icee during a battle with Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy Colton Orr, falling hard on his chin and knocking himself unconscious.dddddddddddd The Parros incident was one of several that marred the early season and renewed yet again the debate over fighting on ice. "Im not trying to be nonchalant about some of these incidents, which I think are of concern to any parent watching this and seeing examples set and worrying about what could happen to their own boys and girls when they step on the ice," Harper said, speaking in a hotel penthouse room overlooking the Indian Ocean. "That all said, what we all have to realize is that this debate is as old as the game itself." In fact, said historian Harper, "there has never been an era in hockey, including from the very beginning, where violence was not an issue of controversy." Matters are actually less rough today, said the prime minister, who called the level of violence in pre-war hockey "quite shocking." Harpers coming book is titled "A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey." Author and Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor acted as an editorial consultant on the book, which is to be released Nov. 5, with proceeds going to a military charity. Blackhawks Jerseys Store Cheap Wild Jerseys Cheap Red Wings Jerseys Cheap Maple Leafs Jerseys Penguins Jerseys Store Capitals Jerseys For Sale Blues Jerseys Store Cheap Kings Jerseys Adidas Lightning Jerseys Stars Jerseys For Sale Cheap Predators Jerseys Ducks Store Sharks Jerseys For Sale Cheap Sabres Jerseys Rangers Jerseys For Sale ' ' '