Lisicki, Hantuchova fall in Doha
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02/14/2012 - Doha, Qatar (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rising German Sabine Lisicki and last week's Pattaya City champion Daniela Hantuchova were a pair of first-round upset victims Tuesday at the $2.168 million Qatar Open.
Angelique Kerber stayed red hot by coming from behind to erase her ninth- seeded fellow German Lisicki 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, while promising Romanian Simona Halep upended a 15th-seeded Hantuchova 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) on the hardcourts at Khalifa International Tennis Complex. Kerber captured her first-ever WTA title in Paris last week.
German Julia Goerges, seeded 16th this week, avoided an upset by blasting Belarusian Anastasiya Yakimova 6-2, 6-2, while another upset came when Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta drove out 11th-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
Belgian Yanina Wickmayer mauled Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-1, while Russian Maria Kirilenko held off Chinese Zheng Jie 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Kirilenko was last week's Pattaya Open runner-up to Hantuchova.
Additional Day-2 wins came for Czechs Iveta Benesova, Lucie Safarova and Petra Cetkovska, Romanian Sorana Cirstea, and Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues.
The top-eight seeds here -- world No. 1 and Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, U.S. Open champ Samantha Stosur, Agnieszka Radwanska, former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, defending Doha titlist Vera Zvonareva, French Open runner-up Francesca Schiavone and former top-ranked star Jelena Jankovic -- all received byes into the second round. Zvonareva, also the Doha runner-up in 2008, beat Wozniacki for last year's title here.
The 2012 Doha champion will earn a first prize of $385,000.
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Some Ivy League football programs can look down the road and know their schedules already are completed for quite a while. Princeton, for example, is booked through 2017, with some of the following season
<< Dulgheru exits Bogota
Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second seed Alexandra Dulgheru was a
first-round upset victim Tuesday at the $220,000 XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas
tennis tournament.
Italian Karin Knapp drove out the Romanian Dulgheru 6-2, 6-2 on the red
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<< Fisher, Whisenhunt and Murphy added to NFL Competition Committee
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Football League on Tuesday named
head coaches Jeff Fisher of the St. Louis Rams and Ken Whisenhunt of the
Arizona Cardinals, along with Green Bay Packers president and chief executive
officer
<< This Week in Auto Racing February 17 - 19
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's time to go racing again. Speedweeks
2012 at Daytona kicks off this weekend, with the Budweiser Shootout scheduled
for Saturday and then qualifying for the Daytona 500 slated for Sunday.
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<< Rays to give Maddon extension
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays and manager Joe
Maddon have agreed on a three-year contract extension, according to The Tampa
Bay Tribune.
The Rays have scheduled a Wednesday morning press conference at T
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seventh seed Viktor Troicki posted a first-round victory Tuesday at the $1.6 million ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The Serbian Troicki topped wild card and Dutch crowd favorite Thiemo de Bakker
Budweiser Shootout: Return of drafting at Daytona? >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date:
Saturday, February 18. Race: Budweiser Shootout. Site: Daytona International
Speedway. Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval. Start time: 8:10 p.m. (et). Laps: 75.
Miles: 187.5. 2011 Winn
Budweiser Shootout: Return of pack drafting at Daytona? >>
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date:
Saturday, February 18. Race: Budweiser Shootout. Site: Daytona International
Speedway. Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval. Start time: 8:10 p.m. (et). Laps: 75.
Miles: 187.5. 2011 Winn
Syracuse's O'Quinn named MISL Player of Week >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Syracuse Silver Knights goalkeeper Bryan O'Quinn
was named the Major Indoor Soccer League's Player of the Week on Tuesday for
Week 15.
With regular starter Eric Reed Sidelined, O'Quinn made 17 saves in a 21-4
Sanchez guides Barcelona to victory in Leverkusen >>
Leverkusen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alexis Sanchez picked a wonderful time
to bag the first couple Champions League goals of his career as he scored
twice for Barcelona in a comfortable 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.
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