Benesova moves on in Estoril
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05/04/2009 - Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic highlighted Monday's first-round winners at the $220,000 Estoril Open.
The 2008 Estoril runner-up Benesova snuck past Portuguese wild card Neuza Silva 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on the red clay at National Stadium. Benesova lost to Russian glamour girl Maria Kirilenko in last year's finale here and was also the 2004 Estoril runner-up. Kirilenko is this week's second seed.
Eighth-seeded German Anna-Lena Groenefeld joined Benesova in the second round with a hard-fought 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) victory over France's Pauline Parmentier.
In other Day-1 play, German Kristina Barrois handled another Portuguese wild card, Maria Joao Koehler, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 and Slovakian Jarmila Groth overcame France's Mathilde Johansson 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Groth will face Benesova in the round of 16.
The 2009 Estoril champ will collect $37,000.
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<< Rays' Longoria earns AL weekly honor
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria
has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending
May 3.
It is Longoria's second weekly honor this season, as he also won for the we
<< Cantu named NL Player of the Week
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Florida Marlins first baseman Jorge Cantu
has been named the National League Player of the Week for the
period ending May 3.
Cantu led the NL and tied for the major league lead with 14 RB
<< O'Hair moves to No. 12 in world rankings
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With his win Sunday at the Quail Hollow
championship, Sean O'Hair jumped 10 places to a career-best ranking of No. 12
in the latest world golf rankings.
With three top-10s in his last three starts, O'
<< Simon, Fish advance; Nalbandian falls in Portugal
Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Gilles Simon of France and
sixth-seeded American Mardy Fish posted first-round wins, while fifth-seeded
Argentine David Nalbandian came up a loser Monday at the $595,000 clay-court
Estoril
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Monday at the inaugural clay-court Serbia Open.
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Nets G Dooling has surgery >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Jersey Nets guard Keyon Dooling
had successful surgery on Monday.
The ninth-year pro underwent an arthroscopic procedure to clean out loose
bodies in his right hip.
Following recovery,
Venus wins Rome opener >>
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her second-round match Monday at the $2 million Internazionali BNL d'Italia
tennis event.
The fourth-seeded former world No. 1 Williams snuck past Czech Lucie
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Friday's Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the filly Rachel Alexandra has
vaulted to the top of the weekly NTRA poll of three-year-olds. Kentucky Derby
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