Melzer advances at Hamburg as more seeded players fall

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07/21/2010 - Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Third-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer was among the second-round winners Wednesday at the German Open Tennis Championships, while more seeded players fell out of the tournament.

Melzer advanced with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Argentine Eduardo Schwank and will face France's Jeremy Chardy in the third round. Chardy dumped 13th-seeded Philipp Petzschner, 6-3, 6-3, a day after ninth-seeded Gilles Simon, 11th- seeded Tommy Robredo and 15th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov lost.

Wednesday it was more of the same, as fifth-seeded Nicolas Almagro, eighth- seeded Albert Montanes, 12th-seeded Victor Hanescu and 16th-seeded Michael Berrer all lost.

Seventh-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil managed to advance, taking a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli. Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, the 10th seed, dropped the first set, but came back to earn a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela.

Almagro was defeated by Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, who recorded a 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7) victory. Spain's Pere Riba was a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) winner over Montanes, while Julian Reister of Germany ousted Hanescu by a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 score. Italian Andreas Seppi defeated Berrer, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).

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Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament odds  
As of February 9, MySportsbook.com has released its coveted 2007 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament betting odds. “March Madness betting ” only a month away, the top ranked Florida Gators are favorite at 7-2 to win it all. The defending champs have not disappointed at all this season and currently have a 22-2 record and are undefeated (9-0) in SEC play. The Gators’ thrive off of their extremely balanced, experienced and versatile attack. All five starters started in last seasons National Championship game. What is most impressive with this group is their balance; the five starters all average between 10.7 and 13.6 PPG. The Gators have been on an absolute roll having won 15 straight by an average of 16.4 PPG.

Right behind the Gators are the 5th ranked UNC Tar Heels at 9-2. The Heels (21-3, 7-2) are absolutely loaded with top notch talent and are as deep as any team in the country. A concern for the Tar Heels might be inexperience. Of their top four scorers/ minute earners, three are freshmen and the other is a sophomore. The rest of the regular season, the Tar Heels play only one team that is currently ranked (Duke). Their remaining opponents do combine for an impressive 107-58 record though.

Other teams that the MySportsbook.com members seem to believe will win it all include the west coasts’ top team #2 UCLA (6-1), #3 OSU behind man-child Greg Oden (8-1), and #4 Wisconsin (10-1) behind their defense which has given up 70+ points only three times all season.

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Arizona 20-1

Butler 20-1

Duke 30-1

Florida 7-2

Georgetown 30-1

Indiana 35-1

Kansas 15-1

Marquette 25-1

Maryland 40-1

Memphis 50-1

Nevada 50-1

UNC 9-2

OSU 8-1

Oregon 30-1

Pittsburgh 15-1

Texas 30-1

Texas A&M 18-1

UCLA 6-1

Wisconsin 10-1

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