Lisicki, Hantuchova fall in Doha
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02/14/2012 - Doha, Qatar (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rising German Sabine Lisicki and last week's Pattaya City champion Daniela Hantuchova were a pair of first-round upset victims Tuesday at the $2.168 million Qatar Open.
Angelique Kerber stayed red hot by coming from behind to erase her ninth- seeded fellow German Lisicki 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, while promising Romanian Simona Halep upended a 15th-seeded Hantuchova 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) on the hardcourts at Khalifa International Tennis Complex. Kerber captured her first-ever WTA title in Paris last week.
German Julia Goerges, seeded 16th this week, avoided an upset by blasting Belarusian Anastasiya Yakimova 6-2, 6-2, while another upset came when Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta drove out 11th-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
Belgian Yanina Wickmayer mauled Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-1, while Russian Maria Kirilenko held off Chinese Zheng Jie 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Kirilenko was last week's Pattaya Open runner-up to Hantuchova.
Additional Day-2 wins came for Czechs Iveta Benesova, Lucie Safarova and Petra Cetkovska, Romanian Sorana Cirstea, and Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues.
The top-eight seeds here -- world No. 1 and Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, U.S. Open champ Samantha Stosur, Agnieszka Radwanska, former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, defending Doha titlist Vera Zvonareva, French Open runner-up Francesca Schiavone and former top-ranked star Jelena Jankovic -- all received byes into the second round. Zvonareva, also the Doha runner-up in 2008, beat Wozniacki for last year's title here.
The 2012 Doha champion will earn a first prize of $385,000.
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Some Ivy League football programs can look down the road and know their schedules already are completed for quite a while. Princeton, for example, is booked through 2017, with some of the following season
<< Dulgheru exits Bogota
Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second seed Alexandra Dulgheru was a
first-round upset victim Tuesday at the $220,000 XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas
tennis tournament.
Italian Karin Knapp drove out the Romanian Dulgheru 6-2, 6-2 on the red
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<< Fisher, Whisenhunt and Murphy added to NFL Competition Committee
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Football League on Tuesday named
head coaches Jeff Fisher of the St. Louis Rams and Ken Whisenhunt of the
Arizona Cardinals, along with Green Bay Packers president and chief executive
officer
<< This Week in Auto Racing February 17 - 19
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's time to go racing again. Speedweeks
2012 at Daytona kicks off this weekend, with the Budweiser Shootout scheduled
for Saturday and then qualifying for the Daytona 500 slated for Sunday.
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<< Rays to give Maddon extension
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays and manager Joe
Maddon have agreed on a three-year contract extension, according to The Tampa
Bay Tribune.
The Rays have scheduled a Wednesday morning press conference at T
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seventh seed Viktor Troicki posted a first-round victory Tuesday at the $1.6 million ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The Serbian Troicki topped wild card and Dutch crowd favorite Thiemo de Bakker
Budweiser Shootout: Return of drafting at Daytona? >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date:
Saturday, February 18. Race: Budweiser Shootout. Site: Daytona International
Speedway. Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval. Start time: 8:10 p.m. (et). Laps: 75.
Miles: 187.5. 2011 Winn
Budweiser Shootout: Return of pack drafting at Daytona? >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date:
Saturday, February 18. Race: Budweiser Shootout. Site: Daytona International
Speedway. Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval. Start time: 8:10 p.m. (et). Laps: 75.
Miles: 187.5. 2011 Winn
Syracuse's O'Quinn named MISL Player of Week >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Syracuse Silver Knights goalkeeper Bryan O'Quinn
was named the Major Indoor Soccer League's Player of the Week on Tuesday for
Week 15.
With regular starter Eric Reed Sidelined, O'Quinn made 17 saves in a 21-4
Sanchez guides Barcelona to victory in Leverkusen >>
Leverkusen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alexis Sanchez picked a wonderful time
to bag the first couple Champions League goals of his career as he scored
twice for Barcelona in a comfortable 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.
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Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence
Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.
Work left to do:
Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.
Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.
DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...
West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.
Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.
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