Dulgheru exits Monterrey
Tennis Betting Lines
02/21/2012 - Monterrey, Mexico (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth seed Alexandra Dulgheru came up an opening-round loser Tuesday at the $220,000 Monterrey Open.
Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa erased the Romanian Dulgheru 6-3, 6-3 on the hardcourts at Sierra Madre Tennis Club.
Sixth-seeded Hungarian Greta Arn avoided an upset by handling Chinese Zhang Shuai 6-1, 6-4.
Other Day-2 wins came for France's Alize Cornet, Croatian qualifier Maria Abramovic and Russian Valeria Savinykh, who drilled 41-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-2, 6-3. Abramovic topped last week's Bogota runner-up Alexandra Panova, 7-5, 6-4.
This week's champion will claim $37,000.
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atletico Madrid playmaker Diego suffered a torn right thigh muscle Sunday and will be sidelined four weeks. The 26-year-old Diego was injured in the second half of a 1-1 draw against Sporting Gijon,
<< Pervak wins Memphis opener
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second seed Ksenia Pervak was an easy
opening-round winner Tuesday at the $220,000 Memphis International tennis
event.
The Russian Pervak handled Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-2, 6-4 on the indoor
hardcourts at
<< Bologna extends unbeaten run against Fiorentina
Bologna, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alessandro Diamanti and Gaston Ramirez both
scored in the first half as Bologna followed its shocking win over Inter Milan
with a 2-0 win over Fiorentina on Tuesday in Serie A.
Bologna shocked Inter Milan,
<< Up the backstretch: Turf horse took to Golden Gate's artificial track
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A 3-year-old colt that had never won a
race except on the grass came away Saturday with a key victory on a synthetic
surface. The change in surfaces for Daddy Nose Best proved to be beneficial
for him to win
<< Gasquet wins Open 13 opener
Marseille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French crowd favorite Richard Gasquet
was an easy first-round winner Tuesday at the Open 13 tennis event.
The fifth-seeded Gasquet rolled past Japan's Go Soeda 6-0, 6-2 in 63 minutes
on the indoor hard
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez apologized Tuesday and withdrew his appeal against the Premier League club's claim of gross misconduct, opening the door for his return from a five-month absence
Avs, Wings, Bolts deal; Downie, Quincey change locales >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Avalanche brought in some skill and
toughness on Tuesday, acquiring forward Steve Downie from the Tampa Bay
Lightning in exchange for defenseman Kyle Quincey.
The Bolts then turned around a
Chelsea bested by Napoli in Italy >>
Naples, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea's Champions League aspirations took a
major hit on Tuesday as it suffered a 3-1 loss to Napoli in the first leg at
the Stadio San Paolo.
The Blues opened the scoring through Juan Mata in the
Nets' Williams to have foot surgery >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Jersey Nets forward Shawne Williams
will undergo surgery on February 22 to remove a bone fragment from his left
foot.
Nets general manager Billy King made the announcement Tuesday.
The surger
Ichiro Suzuki to move out of leadoff spot >>
Peoria, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ichiro Suzuki has been in the leadoff spot for
almost his entire 11 years with the Seattle Mariners, but that will not be the
case this season.
Mariners manager Eric Wedge announced Tuesday that Chone Figgi
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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