Blake moves into QFs; Davydenko retires in Sydney

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01/10/2007 - Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Third-seeded and defending champion James Blake was among Wednesday's second-round winners, while second-seeded Russian star Nikolay Davydenko retired from his match at the Medibank International tennis event -- a final Australian Open tune-up.

Blake breezed past Aussie Nathan Healey 6-2, 6-4, while Davydenko quit against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, who had just won the first set 6-4 when the Russian stopped because of a right foot injury.

The world No. 5 Blake defeated Russian Igor Andreev in last year's Sydney finale.

Blake's quarterfinal opponent on Thursday will be Russian Evgeny Korolev, who snuck past American Robby Ginepri 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Day 3 at Sydney International Tennis Centre.

Three other seeds moved into the quarters, as No. 4 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis held off Czech qualifier Jan Hernych 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3; No. 5 Czech Tomas Berdych overcame his countryman, qualifier Ivo Minar, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 6-4; and No. 6 Frenchman Richard Gasquet grounded German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4. Baghdatis was last year's surprise Aussie Open runner-up to Roger Federer. Minar was a surprise Sydney finalist in 2005.

In other second-round play, Austrian Jurgen Melzer topped Aussie Chris Guccione 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 and former world No. 1 Spaniard Carlos Moya saved three match points before outlasting his countryman Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6 (11-9), 6-3. The big-serving Guccione was a finalist last week in Adelaide. Moya was the 1997 and 2004 runner-up here in Sydney.

Thursday's other quarters will pit Baghdatis against Moya, Berdych versus Melzer and Gasquet against Mathieu in an all-French affair.

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Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.

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