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Cirstea, Medina Garrigues land in Estoril QFs

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05/05/2010 - Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Sorana Cirstea and fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues led the parade into the quarterfinals at the $220,000 Estoril Open, a clay-court French Open tune-up.

The Romanian Cirstea topped Portuguese teenage wild card Michelle Larcher de Brito 7-5, 7-5, while the Spanish Medina Garrigues dismissed last year's Estoril runner-up Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3 at National Stadium. The Russian Makarova succumbed to Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in last year's finale here.

Cirstea's quarterfinal opponent on Thursday will be Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus, while Medina Garrigues will take on seventh-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai. Peng drilled German Tatjana Malek 6-2, 6-1, while Rus got past Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 on Day 3.

There are only three seeds still standing this week.

The other quarterfinals will pit Aussie lucky-loser Jarmila Groth against Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja and Latvian Anastasija Sevastova versus Aussie Anastasia Rodionova. Groth overcame German Kristina Barrois 2-6, 6-1, 7-5; Parra Santonja came back to beat German Julia Goerges 3-6, 7-5, 6-2; Sevastova erased 39-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm 6-1, 4-2, retired; and Rodionova outlasted Swiss Stefanie Voegele 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Date Krumm quit with a right calf injury.

The French Open will get underway in less than three weeks in Paris.

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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.

MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .

''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.

He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.

''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''

Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.

Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.

With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.

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