10/21/2008 - St. Petersburg, Russia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and 2007 runner-up Fernando Verdasco were among Tuesday's first- round winners at the $1.49 million St. Petersburg Open.
Davydenko nailed down his 50th match win of the year by handling big-serving Aussie Chris Guccione 6-4, 6-4. The speedy Russian has now won at least 50 matches in each of the last four seasons.
Up next for Davydenko will be fellow Russian Michail Elgin.
A third-seeded Verdasco, meanwhile, fought back to beat Russian qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor carpet SCC Peterburgsky. The Spanish Verdasco succumbed to British star Andy Murray in last year's finale here.
Fourth-seeded Russian favorite Mikhail Youzhny advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 shellacking of Spaniard Ivan Navarro, while upsets came when qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan took out fifth-seeded Croat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) and France's Jeremy Chardy dismissed seventh-seeded Croat Mario Ancic 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Youzhny titled here back in 2004, while Ancic was the titlist two years ago.
Rising Latvian Ernests Gulbis whipped Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-0, 6-2, while tough Serb Janko Tipsarevic handled Italian Potito Starace 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
Additional first-round wins came for the wild card Elgin, Latvian wild card Karlis Lejnieks and German qualifier Mischa Zverev.
On Wednesday, a top-seeded Murray will take on Serb Viktor Troicki and former world No. 1 Marat Safin of Russia will encounter Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky in a pair of first-rounders. The U.S. Open runner-up Murray is fresh off his title at last week's Madrid Masters. Safin was the back-to-back St. Petersburg champ in 2000 and 2001.
The 2008 titlist here will collect $171,000.
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As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.
Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
Also worth noting are the defending Stanley Cup champs Carolina Hurricanes, a 10-1 bet to repeat. Behind the Canes are the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks all sit at 12-1. In the basement are the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues who all have 100-1 odds to win.
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