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New Aston Villa director David Bernstein says the club must be cautious of thinking too short-term if they are relegated.Villa are almost certain to drop into the second-tier of English football for the first time since 1988. They are bottom of the Premier League and 12 points adrift of safety with seven games to go.Bernstein was appointed to the board along with Mervyn King and Brian Little by owner Randy Lerner earlier this month, and was charged with conducting a full review of the clubs failings and implementing a plan to restore progress. The former FA and Manchester City chairman says Villa realise the financial urgency of returning to the Premier League immediately, should they fall, but they are wary of other clubs who have failed to achieve that aim.Speaking exclusively to Sky Sports News HQ, he said: If we are thinking short-term or long-term, then it has to be a little bit of both.If we do go down then clearly there is a big incentive to get back quickly, for obvious reasons, including the parachute payment in years one and two reducing, and not in year three. Widespread reports have suggested Remi Garde (right) is set to be sacked There is a big financial incentive but, on top of everything else, if the fans heard anything else other than, We are desperate to get back at the first opportunity then they would be very disappointed. We have to mix sensible short-term thinking and long-term planning. We cant be too short-termist, but on the other hand we cant be thinking five years ahead because a lot will happen in the next year or two.Villa have recently sacked chief executive Tom Fox and sporting director Hendrik Almstadt, and there are widespread reports that head coach Remi Garde could imminently follow. Villa are 12 points adrift of Premier LEague safety Meanwhile, the club want to hire someone who would best be described as director of operations, according to Bernstein, who will be responsible for the running of this side.He said: He will need to be very strong operationally, can look at things and make changes where necessary, but also someone who has football knowledge.I dont want someone just for business, who has no football background, but it wont be a director of football. 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Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers.LONDON -- Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, the 10th seed,?lost to Russias?Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 7-6 (5) on Saturday at the All England Club.In the final second-round match of the tournament, Kvitova and Makarova started the match Friday, but play was suspended because of rain. After several delays Saturday, Makarova finally was able to close out the match and the second round.Kvitova won the Wimbledon title in 2011 and 14. Makarovas best showing at Wimbledon was a quarterfinal appearance in 2014.Other seeded winners Saturday included No. 5 Simona Halep, who beat No. 26 Kiki Bertens in straight sets, No. 4 Angelique Kerber?and?No. 19 Dominika Cibulkova.American Madison Keys, the ninth seed, was taken to a third set by Alize Cornet before prevailing 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 and advancing to the fourth round.Keys, who reached the quarterfinals at the All England Club in 2015, last week became the first American woman to make herr debut in the top 10 since Serena Williams in 1999.ddddddddddddA day after saving a match point, Sloane Stephens quickly completed her match against?Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 3-6, 7-6 (6), 8-6 to advance to the third round.The 18th-seeded American saved a match point in the second-set tiebreaker Friday, but the match was then suspended by rain with the score tied at 3-3 in the third set.No. 28 Lucie Safarova also advanced to the fourth round, outlasting Jana Cepelova in a marathon third set 4-6, 6-1, 12-10.Also, 11th-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland beat Monica Niculescu of Romania 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in another second-round match that was suspended by rain. Bacsinszky had been trailing 1-0 in the third set, but won all six games played Saturday.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '