Melzer and Golubev advance to semis in Hamburg
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07/23/2010 -
Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jurgen Melzer and Andrey Golubev were
two of four quarterfinal winners at the German Open Tennis Championships
on Friday.
Melzer dispatched Potito Starace of Italy, 6-4, 6-1, in only 69 minutes to
reach the semifinals in a fourth tournament this season.
The Austrian, who recently reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland
Garros, fired eight aces to earn his 15th clay court win of the season.
Melzer will meet Italy's Andreas Seppi, who outlasted seventh-seeded Thomaz
Bellucci of Brazil, 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 7-5 in three hours and 12 minutes.
Seppi, who has reached the semis for a second time in three years at this
event, has won two of three prior matches against Melzer.
Saturday's other semifinal will feature Kazakhstan's Golubev and Germany's
Florian Mayer. The two will face each other for the first time.
Golubev, who suffered no let down after knocking off defending champ Nikolay
Davydenko Thursday, had a relatively easy time getting past Uzbekistan's
Denis Istomin, 6-4, 6-1. He will be trying to reach the final of an event for
only the second time in his career, having done so previously in 2008 at St.
Petersburg.
Mayer rallied to beat sixth-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3 to
advance to the final four of a tournament for the first time this year. He has
put himself in position to reach a final for the first time since 2006.
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Sacramento, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Sacramento Kings have signed
forward/guard Antoine Wright and guard Pooh Jeter, the team announced Friday.
Wright averaged 6.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in 67 contests for
Toron
<< Timberwolves' Kahn fined for inappropriate remarks
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball
operations David Kahn has been fined $50,000 for his recent remarks about
forward Michael Beasley, for whom the team recently traded.
Kahn spoke about Beasl
<< Riera leaves Liverpool to join Olympiakos
Athens, Greece (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Albert Riera has left Liverpool to sign with
Olympiakos, the Greek club announced on Friday.
Riera signed with Liverpool from Spanish side Espanyol in 2008 for a fee of
$12 million, but he has now moved t
<< Dynamo jump back into league action at Crew
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Dynamo get back into Major League
Soccer action on Saturday after a two week break when they travel to take on
the Columbus Crew at Crew Stadium.
The Dynamo (5-7-4) played three SuperLiga
<< Hamburg signs midfielder Kacar to five-year deal
Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hamburg signed Serbian midfielder Gojko
Kacar to a five-year contract Friday through the 2014-15 Bundesliga season.
Kacar, 23, previously played for Hertha Berlin, which was relegated after last
season.
Wells, Cubs blank Cards to begin weekend series at Wrigley >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Randy Wells turned in seven scoreless innings,
and three different players hit home runs, as Chicago downed St. Louis, 5-0 in
the opener of a three-game set between these perennial rivals at Wrigley
Field.
RSL aims to start new streak vs. Chivas USA >>
Sandy, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Salt Lake will aim to start a new streak
when it hosts Chivas USA in a Major League Soccer tilt on Saturday night at
Rio Tinto Stadium.
RSL (9-4-3) is coming off a 2-0 loss at Dallas that snapped a 10
Seattle tries to build momentum against Rapids >>
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League Soccer, Seattle Sounders FC has fallen on hard times as they enter
Sunday's contest with the Colorado Rapids at Qwest Field in seventh place in
the Wes
Chakvetadze reaches semifinals in Slovenia >>
Portoroz, Slovenia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Anna Chakvetadze overcame a dropped set
and saved two match points to beat fellow Russian Vera Dushevina on Friday in
the quarterfinals at the Slovenia Open.
The sixth-seeded Dushevina had a 5-3 le
Chen and Dambaugh in U.S. Girls' Junior final >>
Village of Pinehurst, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Doris Chen and Katelyn Dambaugh
won both of their matches on Friday to advance to the final of the U.S. Girls'
Junior Championship.
Chen first knocked off stroke-play medalist Danielle Ka
MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
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MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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ODDS TO WIN THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Notre Dame
Ohio State
West Virginia
Texas
USC
Florida
California
Auburn
Oklahoma
Iowa
Louisville
Florida State
Michigan
Miami (FL)
LSU
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Tennessee
Georgia
Arizona State
Oregon
Clemson
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Alabama
Arkansas
Boston College
Michigan State
Maryland
South Carolina
Colorado
Purdue
Georgia Tech
TCU
UCLA
Arizona
Pittsburgh
Iowa State
Wisconsin
North Carolina State
Virginia
North Carolina
Fresno State
Hawaii
Northwestern
BYU
Oregon State
UNLV
Field (Any Other Team) |
5-1
7-1
8-1
8-1
8-1
12-1
15-1
15-1
18-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
25-1
40-1
40-1
50-1
60-1
60-1
60-1
70-1
70-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
150-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
250-1
250-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
400-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
1000-1
1000-1
40-1 |
ODDS TO WIN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Miami (FL)
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke |
2-1
2-1
3-1
7-1
15-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
30-1
50-1
500-1 |
ODDS TO WIN BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Colorado
Iowa State
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Missouri
Kansas
Baylor
Oklahoma State |
7-5
9-5
9-2
12-1
14-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
35-1
100-1
100-1 |
ODDS TO WIN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Auburn
Florida
LSU
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Vanderbilt |
5-2
11-4
4-1
6-1
7-1
7-1
9-1
20-1
28-1
75-1
100-1
300-1 |
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