Soderling, Ferrer land in Bastad quarters
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07/14/2010 -
Bastad, Sweden (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded and defending champion Robin
Soderling of the host nation and former champ David Ferrer posted second-round
victories Wednesday at the Swedish Open.
The reigning two-time French Open runner-up Soderling snuck past two-time
Bastad runner-up and fellow Swede Andreas Vinciguerra 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2 in 1
hour, 52 minutes on the red clay at Bastad Tennis Stadium. Soderling swatted
15 aces and never faced a break point on Day 3.
The 29-year-old Vinciguerra, a wild card this week, reached back-to-back
finals here in 1999 and 2000.
Soderling, who beat Argentine Juan Monaco in last year's Bastad finale, will
face Italian Andreas Seppi in Friday's quarterfinals here.
The third-seeded Ferrer, meanwhile, dismissed Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3, 7-5.
The Spanish Ferrer, who, like Soderling and his other fellow top-four seeds,
enjoyed an opening-round bye this week, titled here in 2007. Ferrer leads the
ATP with 30 clay-court match wins this season (30-6).
Ferrer's quarterfinal opponent will be Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas, who drilled
Spaniard Pere Riba 6-4, 6-2 on Day 3.
One other second-rounder on Wednesday saw Seppi outlast fellow Italian
Potito Starace 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7).
On Thursday, second-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco will meet France's
Stephane Robert and fifth-seeded two-time Bastad titlist Tommy Robredo will
encounter Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev in the second round. The Spanish Robredo
titled here in 2006 and 2008.
<< Fisher officially returns to Lakers
El Segundo, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed free
agent guard Derek Fisher, the club announced Wednesday.
Per team policy, no details of the deal were released. However, according to a
report in Monday's Los An
<< Nets sign Farmar, Outlaw and Petro
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New Jersey Nets have signed
guard Jordan Farmar, forward Travis Outlaw and center Johan Petro.
According to team policy, no terms of the deals were announced.
Farmar was a member of the
<< Jermaine O'Neal officially headed to Boston
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Celtics have signed center/forward
Jermaine O'Neal.
As per team policy, no terms of the deal were announced.
However, according to a report in last week's Boston Globe, O'Neal agreed to
the mi
<< Sixers sign top pick Turner
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia 76ers have signed guard
Evan Turner, the second overall selection in the 2010 NBA Draft.
No terms of the deal were released.
As a junior last season, Turner scored 20.4 points per g
<< Caps bring in Willsie
Arlington, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Capitals signed right wing
Brian Willsie to a one-year contract on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal
were not disclosed.
Willsie, 32, appeared in just four games with Colorado last sea
Turkoglu headed to Phoenix for Barbosa, Jones >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Raptors have traded forward Hedo
Turkoglu to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for guard Leandro Barbosa and
forward/center Dwayne Jones.
Turkoglu signed a long-term contract with Toronto last season as
Titans agree to terms with Curran, Ryan >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms
on contracts with linebacker Rennie Curran and free agent tight end Sean Ryan.
Curran was the team's second third-round selection, 97th overall, in the 2010
NFL
Oilers bring back Jacques >>
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Edmonton Oilers have agreed to terms
with left-winger J.F. Jacques on a one-year contract.
Jacques tallied four goals and seven assists in 49 games, all career-bests,
last season before a back inj
Knicks sign Russian C Mozgov >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Knicks signed free agent
center Timofey Mozgov, who spent the last four seasons playing in Russia.
Mozgov, who officially signed on Tuesday, averaged 7.5 points, 4.8 rebounds,
1.0 bloc
Chivas USA signs Mexican midfielder Espinoza >>
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chivas USA signed Mexican midfielder Rodolfo
Espinoza, a veteran of the Mexican First Division, the Major League Soccer
club announced on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Espinoza will be eligible to make hi
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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