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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State running back Saquon Barkley hasnt been able to finish the last two games but said Monday he expects to play Saturday in the Big Ten championship against Wisconsin.Im feeling fine, feeling really good, Barkley said Monday. Getting treatment, taking it day-by-day and just trying to get ready for the game this weekend.Barkley was forced from No. 8 Penn States game against Rutgers after a helmet-to-helmet hit and left Saturday against Michigan State favoring his right leg. The Nittany Lions (10-2, 8-1 Big Ten, No. 7 CFP) were comfortably ahead in both games when Barkley was hurt in the third quarters and used a committee of running backs to finish those games.Theyd like to be able to turn to their playmaking star against the No. 6 Badgers (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 6 CFP) and their nearly impenetrable defense as both teams chase berths in the College Football Playoffs.We had a lot of success on Saturday with those other backs in the backfield but obviously we all know Saquon is a special player, Penn State coach James Franklin said.Barkley has accounted for 1,083 total yards and 10 touchdowns during Penn States eight-game winning streak but has been held to under 100 yards rushing in each of the last three games. In that span, Indiana and Michigan State sold out to stop him and held Barkley to less than 2 yards per carry.Andre Robinson, Miles Sanders and Mark Allen have helped change the pace and have tried to alleviate pressure on Barkley. Theyve combined for 182 yards on 28 carries and Robinson has scored twice over the last three games.Knowing that we have four guys who can come in and be successful and be really good players, execute our offense just as well as Saquon, it gives the rest of the offense confidence, quarterback Trace McSorley said.Franklin said he expects Barkley would be able to practice this week, though hinted the running backs health would be closely monitored by team trainers this week.The sophomore, who burst onto the scene by hurdling defenders for big gains in his first few games as a true freshman, has 56 more touches than he did last season and has handled 75 percent of the teams carries and nearly all pass protection for running backs. Although many of those carries have resulted in big plays, Barkley has been bottled up behind the line of scrimmage more than a handful of times as defenders have keyed on the mesh point on zone-read runs.It hasnt deterred him, and Barkley has said hes learned to be patient in settling for the yards he can get when defenses focus on him. Wisconsin is among the best when it comes to stopping the run. The Badgers are third nationally, allowing just over 100 yards and 13 points per game.Barkleys aware of the numbers and the physicality that awaits.Theyve got a bunch of studs over there, Barkley said. Its going to be a really tough game, a physical game, a Big Ten game so Im going to come out ready for it.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Nick Holden Jersey . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. 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And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers. NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova needed just an hour Thursday to beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-1 and move into the semifinals of the Connecticut Open, despite suffering from a cold.Looking to join Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki as a four-time winner in the tournament, Kvitova overpowered the Olympic doubles champion, breaking her four times -- three during the 25-minute final set.I think that sometimes I cant really pay too much attention how I feel, Kvitova said. Its just going out there, just being strong mentally, think about the next point, think about the tennis.The Olympic bronze medalist and two-time Wimbledon champion has been criticized during her career for inconsistent play. But the Czech star will be looking for her fifth consecutive appearance in the finals here and her third straight title. She also won in 2012.They should look at New Haven, she said about her critics. Its always nice to coming somewhere when you feel, you know, at a home and you know you can play well. It always gives you little bit more confidence than normally.She will face top-seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the semifinals. Radwanska beat lucky loser Kirstin Flipkens of Belgium 6-1, 6-4.The worlds fourth-ranked player had an easy time in the first set, but needed a break in the ninth game of the second set to secure the win over the 30-yyear-old Flipkens, who struggled with an injury to her left hand.ddddddddddddFlipkens, who upset Venus Williams at the Olympics, had lost in the second round of qualifying in New Haven. But she was moved into the main draw after Lesia Tsurenko withdrew with a right knee injury, then beat Belinda Bencic and Caroline Garcia.Ukraines Elina Svitolina advanced with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Elena Vesnina, Makarovas doubles partner in Rio. Svitolina outran her Russian opponent and took advantage of 33 unforced errors.I was trying to push her to make those errors, she said. I think in the end she was just going for too much.The 21-year-old Svitolina will play Johanna Larsson, the 28-year-old Swede who upset second-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-6 (9), 6-1. Larsson lost in qualifying, but got into the main draw when Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew because of a shoulder injury.Larsson is the third lucky loser to advance to the semifinals in New Haven, joining Samantha Stosur (2006) and Tsurenko (2015).Vinci said she was bothered by an injury to a tendon in her left foot that has been giving her problems since the Olympics.I was thinking always to my pain, and I lost, Vinci said. But now I have two or three days off before New York to try to recover. ' ' '