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05/04/2009 - Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic highlighted Monday's first-round winners at the $220,000 Estoril Open.
The 2008 Estoril runner-up Benesova snuck past Portuguese wild card Neuza Silva 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on the red clay at National Stadium. Benesova lost to Russian glamour girl Maria Kirilenko in last year's finale here and was also the 2004 Estoril runner-up. Kirilenko is this week's second seed.
Eighth-seeded German Anna-Lena Groenefeld joined Benesova in the second round with a hard-fought 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) victory over France's Pauline Parmentier.
In other Day-1 play, German Kristina Barrois handled another Portuguese wild card, Maria Joao Koehler, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 and Slovakian Jarmila Groth overcame France's Mathilde Johansson 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Groth will face Benesova in the round of 16.
The 2009 Estoril champ will collect $37,000.
<< Rays' Longoria earns AL weekly honor
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria
has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending
May 3.
It is Longoria's second weekly honor this season, as he also won for the we
<< Cantu named NL Player of the Week
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Florida Marlins first baseman Jorge Cantu
has been named the National League Player of the Week for the
period ending May 3.
Cantu led the NL and tied for the major league lead with 14 RB
<< O'Hair moves to No. 12 in world rankings
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With his win Sunday at the Quail Hollow
championship, Sean O'Hair jumped 10 places to a career-best ranking of No. 12
in the latest world golf rankings.
With three top-10s in his last three starts, O'
<< Simon, Fish advance; Nalbandian falls in Portugal
Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Gilles Simon of France and
sixth-seeded American Mardy Fish posted first-round wins, while fifth-seeded
Argentine David Nalbandian came up a loser Monday at the $595,000 clay-court
Estoril
Rain wipes out Day 1 in Belgrade >>
Belgrade, Serbia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rain washed away three first-round matches
Monday at the inaugural clay-court Serbia Open.
Eighth-seeded Belgian Christophe Rochus was tied with Frenchman Nicolas
Devilder 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 5-5 when p
Nets G Dooling has surgery >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Jersey Nets guard Keyon Dooling
had successful surgery on Monday.
The ninth-year pro underwent an arthroscopic procedure to clean out loose
bodies in his right hip.
Following recovery,
Venus wins Rome opener >>
Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was tested in
her second-round match Monday at the $2 million Internazionali BNL d'Italia
tennis event.
The fourth-seeded former world No. 1 Williams snuck past Czech Lucie
Rachel Alexandra gains top spot in NTRA Poll >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Following her 20 1/4-length victory in
Friday's Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the filly Rachel Alexandra has
vaulted to the top of the weekly NTRA poll of three-year-olds. Kentucky Derby
winner
March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
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MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST | National Championship | Region |
| Arkansas | 300-1 | 50-1 |
| Belmont | 1000-1 | |
| Boston College | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Eastern KY | 1000-1 | |
| George Washington | 75-1 | |
| Georgetown | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| Marquette | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Michigan State | 100-1 | 25-1 |
| New Mexico St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| UNC | 6-1 | 6-5 |
| Oral Roberts | 500-1 | |
| Texas | 15-1 | 5-1 |
| Texas Tech | 200-1 | 5-1 |
| USC | 75-1 | 20-1 |
| Vanderbilt | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Washington State | 40-1 | 15-1 |
| WEST | ||
| Duke | 50-1 | 10-1 |
| Florida A&M | 1000-1 | |
| Gonzaga | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Holy Cross | 300-1 | |
| Illinois | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Indiana | 75-1 | 40-1 |
| Kansas | 5-1 | 13-10 |
| Kentucky | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Niagara | 1000-1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 40-1 | 8-1 |
| Southern Ill. | 50-1 | 12-1 |
| UCLA | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| VCU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Villanova | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| VA Tech | 50-1 | 15-1 |
| Weber St | 1000-1 | |
| Wright St | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
| MIDWEST | ||
| Arizona | 50-1 | 30-1 |
| Butler | 40-1 | 30-1 |
| Davidson | 300-1 | |
| Florida | 4-1 | 4-5 |
| Georgia Tech | 75-1 | 25-1 |
| Jackson State | 1000-1 | |
| Maryland | 30-1 | 6-1 |
| Miami-OH | 300-1 | |
| Notre Dame | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| ODU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Oregon | 40-1 | 6-1 |
| Purdue | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC | 1000-1 | |
| UNLV | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Winthrop | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Wisconsin | 15-1 | 7-2 |
| SOUTH | ||
| Albany | 200-1 | |
| BYU | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Central CT St. | 1000-1 | |
| Creighton | 100-1 | 35-1 |
| Long Beach St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| Louisville | 40-1 | 10-1 |
| Memphis | 30-1 | 4-1 |
| Nevada | 75-1 | 35-1 |
| North Texas | 500-1 | |
| Ohio State | 7-1 | 6-5 |
| Penn | 500-1 | |
| Stanford | 200-1 | 50-1 |
| Tennessee | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| Texas A&M | 12-1 | 11-5 |
| Virginia | 75-1 | 18-1 |
| Xavier | 100-1 | 40-1 |
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