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LONDON -- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal face serious doubts about their futures, but Andy Murray hopes they stay competing at the top of the game.The men, with a combined 27 major titles between them, both missed the Tour Finals.Federer, 35, played just seven tournaments in 2016 and cut short his season in July in hopes of fully recovering from knee surgery.Nadals year was also beset by injury. The Spaniard, 30, tearfully pulled out with a wrist injury from the French Open -- where he has won nine titles -- and prematurely ended his season last month after struggling at the US Open.This year I think has been hard in some ways, because of Roger and Rafa missing large parts of the year, Murray said in a news conference after beating Novak Djokovic in the World Tour final to secure the year-end No. 1 ranking.They have massive fan bases, the two of them, not just for everything theyve achieved on the court, but because theyre obviously charismatic guys and are very, very popular. Thats been tough this year.However, with Federer and Nadals careers seemingly winding down, and Djokovic falling below the extremely high standards he has set himself, there is a prospect we could be seeing the birth of the Andy Murray Era.Never given that any thought at all, Murray said. Id obviously want to try and achieve as much as I can these next few years because Im not going to be around forever. Im not going to be able to play at this level and play this many matches into my mid-30s.But its going to be tough because as you get older, the young guys are going to keep improving and getting better. Theres some really good young ones now.Milos Raonic is the obvious candidate from the pack to challenge the established Slam champions. The 25-year-old, who ended the year ranked a career-high No. 3, was narrowly beaten by Murray in a record 3 hours, 38 minutes in the London semifinals. 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FULLERTON, Calif. -- UCLA senior guard Bryce Alford wants the ball in his hands during critical moments at the end of games. He had it, and he delivered, scoring 14 of his 18 points in the second half to pace the No. 14 Bruins to a 82-71 victory over Nebraska in the Wooden Legacy semifinals Friday at Cal State Fullerton.The Bruins (6-0) will play Texas A&M in Sundays championship game at the Honda Center in Anaheim.Alford made a 3-pointer with 1:02 left to give UCLA a 77-66 lead. He made all four of his free throws after that. Isaac Hamilton scored 15 points and Lonzo Ball added 13 for UCLA. Center Thomas Welsh had his fourth double double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds.As a basketball player, those are the kind of moments you live for, Bryce Alford said. Thats something Ive always prided myself on, being a closer ... Its about making smart plays down the stretch to help our team win games. I put (us) in a position to do that tonight.Nebraska (4-1) was led by Glynn Watson Jr., who scored a game-high 27 points.The Bruins led 38-25 at halftime and on the first play of the second half, star freshman guard Ball wowed as he converted an alleyoop dunk with a pass from T.J. Leaf. He had many more highlight-reel plays after that. Midway through the second half, he tried to convert an alleyoop pass that was just off the mark into a basket. It didnt fall, but he tipped in his own miss for the score.Nebraska made just 10 of 35 shots in the first half for a dismal 28.6 field-goal percentage. The Cornhuskers made just one 3-pointer and shot 12.5 percent from long range. Nebraska cut the lead to two points at 58-56 on a 3-pointer from Watson Jr., but it would never get closer.I felt like we were very tentative in the first half, Nebraska coach Tim Miles said. Thats not like us. I thought the second half was more of a snapshot of what were like. But every time got the game down to 2 or 3, they answered. Alford made some tough shots. (Aaron) Holiday made some tough shots. They hurt us. We didnt get enough outside shooting.Ball left the game with four fouls for a 3:03-span but came back withh 4:58 left in the game and then fouled out.ddddddddddddBIG PICTURENebraska: The Cornhuskers lost for just the first time this season in playing one of the countrys top teams. The third-place game wont be easy, but Nebraska has an extra day to prepare for Virginia Tech.UCLA: The Bruins played on national television but perhaps didnt make many inroads with the East Coast audience as the game started at 12 a.m., EST. The Wooden Legacy championship game is at a much more viewer-friendly hour at 8:30 p.m. EST on Sunday.UP NEXTNebraska plays Virginia Tech in the third-place game on Sunday. Theyll have work to do in preparing for a physical team that just suffered its first loss of the season as well.UCLA gets one day off before playing in the championship game against Texas A&M on Sunday. The Bruins are playing in the final of the tournament named after Wooden, who won 10 national championships in Westwood. No pressure.POLL IMPLICATIONSUCLA cemented its status as a top-15 team by surviving its first real test of the season against a Big Ten Conference team.STAT OF THE NIGHTUCLA is 4-0 in the all-time series against Texas A&M. The teams last played in the Wooden Classic in 2006 and 2008. Both of those games were decided by three points or less.HE SAIDNebraska lost its first game of the season but is scheduled to be at the happiest place on earth on Saturday -- Disneyland -- before playing Virginia Tech for third place on Sunday.... We have to bounce back. We cant hang our heads. (Saturday), we can mope around and hang out with Goofy and Minney and Mickey, thats fine, but on Sunday we need to be ready to go in and go to battle.-- Nebraska coach Tim MilesHE SAID WHAT?On Thursday night, Lonzo Balls father, LaVar Ball, guaranteed in a nationally-televised interview that UCLA would win the national championship. Asked how he felt about that, the freshman said: Im thankful for him. Thats how he is. Loud and to the point. Im his son, so why wouldnt he want the best for me? Youth NFL Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Jerseys Nike NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Jerseys 2020 China Jerseys White NFL Jerseys Cheap ' ' '