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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki will play at the Kooyong Classic in January, as womens matches return to the Australian Open warmup event for the first time since 1993.Organizers on Wednesday said the 2013 Wimbledon runner-up will join Australias Ajla Tomljanovic and Sorana Cirstea of Romania in womens round-robin play.Bernard Tomic, David Goffin and Richard Gasquet are confirmed starters in the eight-man draw for the Jan. 10-13 exhibition tournament which is staged annually in the week preceding the Australian Open.The Kooyong Classic is held at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, a former venue for the Australian Open, each year since 1988 after the seasons first tennis major moved to Melbourne Park.Pat Cash won the inaugural title, and Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi are among the other former champions. Anthony Hitchens Jersey . 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BOSTON -- The Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox have something at stake this weekend in the final three regular-season games of David Ortizs career.For the Blue Jays, their playoff life is on the line as beginning Friday with Torontos Marco Estrada facing 22-game winner Rick Porcello.For the Red Sox, who clinched the American League East in New York on Wednesday night, theres the matter of home field advantage in the playoffs.The series is not as critical for the Red Sox as it is for the Blue Jays, but playing extra home games at Fenway Park, where Boston is 46-32 this season, would be a bonus they can still earn.Toronto dropped two of three to the Baltimore Orioles in Canada, putting the teams in a flat-footed tie for the two wild card spots. Detroit is 1 1/2 games behind while Seattle is two back.Boston is a tough place to play but our guys play pretty good there, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said after Thursday nights loss. Im not worried about our guys. Weve got our backs up against the wall but were a good spot. It wont be easy, its not supposed to be easy up here.Said Toronto right-hander Marcus Stroman, who took the loss Thursday: The team mentality has never changed, not once. Were fine. Were fine.The Red Sox, swept in the three-game series in New York, will honor Ortiz on Friday night and Sunday. They have a magic number of one for elimination (behind Texas) for the top spot in the AL, but come in a half-game ahead of the Cleveland Indians for what would be home-field advantage in that matchup.Boston owns the tiebreaker with Cleveland but does not with Texas.Its important. I think anyone who looks at home field advantage, its pivotal, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. Its something that were continuing to strive for but we needed to give some guuys a day off their feet given what weve come through, particularly the number of road games that weve played over the past six weeks.dddddddddddd We go back home. Were looking forward to finishing out against Toronto.Farrell rested several of his starters and removed Ortiz after two at-bats following the pregame Yankee Stadium ceremony in his honor. He will likely play his guys Friday night and see what happens from there.We know that theres going to be three days off next week in which to recharge some, Farrell said before Thursday nights game. Still the importance of winning and maintaining our daily approach is priority number one.How that might affect how deep a starter goes in the upcoming games might be looked at a little more close but still we feel its imperative to at least secure as much home field advantage as we can.Porcello comes into the game with a 22-4 record and a serious candidate for the Cy Young Award. He is 3-0 against the Blue Jays this season, but 7-7 with a 5.07 career ERA against the Jays.Two of their sluggers have hit him as Jose Bautista is 15-for-36 with three home runs and Edwin Encarnacion 13-for-37 with three homers. But Michael Saunders is 1-for-16, Melvin Upton Jr. 1-for-9, Troy Tulowitzki 3-for-15 and Russell Martin 3-for-20.Estrada (9-9), who has allowed only one earned run in 14 innings in his last two starts, is 2-2 against the Red Sox this season and 4-4 with a 4.15 ERA in his career.He has done a good job against some big Boston guns with Xander Bogaerts going 2-for-19, David Ortiz 3-for-19 (two homers) and Mookie Betts 2-for-13 against him. Dustin Pedroia is 7-for-19 and Hanley Ramirez 5-for-16. ' ' '