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06/28/2010 - Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kim Clijsters came from behind to defeat her fellow former world No. 1 Belgian stalwart Justine Henin, while five-time champion and former top-ranked star Venus Williams also joined the parade into the quarterfinals Monday at Wimbledon.
The eighth-seeded U.S. Open champion Clijsters dropped the first set against the 17th-seeded Henin before charging back for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision on Court 1 at the All England Club.
Clijsters prevailed in 1 hour, 28 minutes despite striking only one ace and piling up six double faults. She did, however, tally one more service break (3-2) than her great rival.
The two-time U.S. Open champion Clijsters is now 13-12 lifetime against Henin, including 3-5 now in Grand Slams.
The seven-time major champion Henin, who was this year's Australian Open runner-up to Serena Williams, still needs Wimbledon to complete the coveted career Grand Slam. She reached finals here in 2001 and 2006, but lost to five- time champion Venus Williams and Amelie Mauresmo, respectively.
Henin was fresh off her grass-court title in The Netherlands.
Clijsters' quarterfinal opponent will be 21st-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva.
The second-seeded 2009 Wimbledon runner-up Venus advanced to the quarters by handling surprising Aussie Jarmila Groth 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on Court 2 at the AEC. The crowd on Court 2 booed Venus upon her late arrival for her Day-7 match.
Venus, who has reached the final here eight times in the last 10 years (5-3), will next face Tsvetana Pironkova, after the Bulgarian defeated 11th seed Marion Bartoli of France 6-4, 6-4. Bartoli was the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up to Venus.
The 22-year-old Pironkova is a first-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist.
Another upstart, Czech Petra Kvitova, manhandled third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-0 on Monday. The Danish Wozniacki was last year's U.S. Open runner-up to Clijsters.
The 20-year-old Kvitova will appear in her first-ever major quarter.
Fourth-seeded Serbian star Jelena Jankovic retired Monday from her fourth- round bout against the aforementioned Zvonareva.
Jankovic took a spill early in her match and received treatment on her back, trailing Zvonareva 6-1, 3-0 at the time. The Serb would retire three points later.
The 25-year-old former world No. 1 Jankovic has yet to make it past the fourth round in her career at Wimbledon.
Zvonareva will now play in her first-ever quarterfinal at the All England Club.
Also on Monday, ninth seed Li Na of China upended No. 7 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals here for a second time. Li appeared in her first-ever major semifinal at January's Aussie Open.
Radwanska had previously never lost to a player seeded outside the top six at Wimbledon.
<< Canadiens sign F Pyatt
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Tom
Pyatt to a one-year contract on Monday.
Pyatt, who was slated to become a restricted free agent on July 1, played 40
games for the Habs last season, collecti
<< White Sox hope to get back in the win column versus Royals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox hope to stay in the hunt for AL
Central bragging rights when they begin a three-game series tonight against
the division-rival Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
The White Sox are third in the di
<< Twins, Tigers begin key AL Central series in Minnesota
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A key three-game series will commence tonight in the Twin
Cities, where the Minnesota Twins will try to maintain their slim lead atop
the AL Central standings versus the Detroit Tigers at Target Field.
The Twins are only a
<< Brewers send Parra to mound in opener with Astros
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manny Parra hopes to continue the Milwaukee Brewers'
tremendous starting pitching of late when they open a three-game set with the
Houston Astros tonight at Miller Park.
Milwaukee won for the sixth time in seven
Recchi re-ups with Bruins >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Bruins have signed 42-year-old
forward Mark Recchi to a one-year contract extension.
The Boston Herald on Friday reported the deal is for $1 million with
possible incentives.
Recch
Nets waive G Dooling >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Nets have requested
waivers on guard Keyon Dooling.
Dooling, who was acquired in the summer of 2008 from Orlando, appeared in 130
games with New Jersey, averaging 8.6 points and 3.1
Jeff Jordan joins brother at UCF >>
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - University of Central Florida head basketball
coach Donnie Jones announced on Monday that guard Jeff Jordan has transferred
to the program from Illinois.
He must sit out the 2010-11 campaign under NCAA tra
In the FCS Huddle: Will CAA dominoes keep falling? >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Even with all the maneuvering going on in
college football, what has been developing in the Colonial Athletic Association
is as incredible as any of the changes nationally.
The Big Ten and Pac-10 - if that
The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
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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.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
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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