05/13/2008 - Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Austrian lefthander Sybille Bammer was an upset victim on a rainy Tuesday at the $1.34 million Italian Open, a clay- court French Open tune-up.
The 19th-seeded Bammer was ousted by rising Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, a wild card this week, 6-1, 6-3 at Foro Italico.
In other first-round action, Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova handled Argentine Gisela Dulko 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova pasted Czech qualifier Klara Zakopalova 6-4, 6-2 and Italian wild card Roberta Vinci outlasted Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Pironkova is rewarded with a second-rounder against top-seeded Australian and French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic, while Cibulkova will take on Aussie Open champ Maria Sharapova, this week's second seed.
Three second-round matches and six first-rounders were either postponed or suspended here on Tuesday because of rain. Fifth-seeded American Serena Williams was scheduled to meet Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko and seventh-seeded Venus Williams was slated to face Aussie Samantha Stosur in the second round, but both bouts were pushed back to Wednesday. The Wimbledon champion Venus returns to action this week after taking a medical leave of absence over the last month.
A second-rounder between eighth-seeded Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli of France was also wiped out on Day 2 here.
In other opening-round play, Russian lucky-loser Ekaterina Makarova was leading 13th-seeded Czech Nicole Vaidisova 6-4, 1-2 and Maria Kirilenko was up on 18th-seeded fellow Russian Nadia Petrova 3-6, 7-5, 2-1 when play was called for the day.
This year's titlist will collect $196,900. Serbian Jelena Jankovic defeated Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in last year's Rome finale.
<< Blues sign a pair of first-round picks
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues have signed a pair of
first-round draft picks in forwards T.J.Oshie and Lars Eller.
Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Oshie was the 24th overall pick of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft
<< Francona to miss series after mother-in-law's death
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona will
miss the team's two-game series against the Baltimore Orioles after the death
of his mother-in-law.
Mary Ann Lang, the mother of Francona's wife, Jacque, pass
<< Bombers ink Armstrong and Edwards to extensions
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed wide
receivers Derick Armstrong and Terrence Edwards to contract extensions.
Terms of the deals for Winnipeg's two leading receivers were not disclosed.
Armstrong le
<< D.C. United forms partnership with Bolivian club
Washington, D.C. (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United announced Tuesday the club has
entered into a strategic partnership with Club Bolivar, one of Bolivia's most
storied clubs.
Club Bolivar is in La Paz, one of the Bolivia's two capital cities.
Can anyone knock off Big Brown? >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The last three Kentucky Derby winners had
similar results in the Preakness, but the manner in which they all lost was
very different.
Street Sense ended up getting nailed at the wire by Curlin after defea
Gayego is a go for Preakness >>
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trainer Paulo Lobo confirmed Tuesday morning
that Arkansas Derby winner Gayego will start in the 133rd Preakness Stakes
on Saturday. With Gayego now set for the second leg of racing's Triple Crown,
there w
Colorado hopes to rebound against Real Salt Lake >>
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Colorado Rapids coach Fernando Clavijo
didn't want to "complain about the referees" after Saturday's 2-1 loss to the
Houston Dynamo, but added, "the outcome should be decided by the two teams and
I don't
Surprising A's still making the grade >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pegged to finish last in the AL West even before catchers
and pitchers reported to Spring Training, the Oakland Athletics have stuck it
to their naysayers so far with a healthy mix of pitching and clutch hitting.
The A
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