Federer, Roddick, Nadal reach third round in Montreal

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08/09/2007 - Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded and defending champion Roger Federer and former champs Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal were among Wednesday's second-round winners at the $2.45 million Rogers Masters -- the sixth of nine Masters Series events this year.

Federer needed a pair of tiebreaks to top 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3) at Uniprix Stadium.

The reigning Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open champion Federer defeated France's Richard Gasquet in last year's Rogers Masters finale in Toronto. This event alternates between Montreal and Toronto each year.

Federer, who will face Italian Fabio Fognini in the third round here on Thursday, also captured this event, in Toronto, in 2004.

Nadal, the reigning French Open champion, survived a first set tiebreaker against Marat Safin and then cruised in the second set, winning 7-6 (7-4), 6-0. Safin captured this popular Canadian event in 2000 while the second- seeded Nadal, who will next face Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, won in Montreal in 2005.

The fifth-seeded Roddick got past pesky Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) on the hardcourts here. With a win against Marcos Baghdatis in the next round, Roddick will pick up the 400th match victory of his career.

Last year's US Open runner-up Roddick, fresh off his title last week in Washington, DC, titled here in Montreal in 2003 and was the 2002 and 2004 runner-up in Toronto.

Roddick currently leads in the standings for the US Open Series, which links 10 summer events to the US Open, creating a cohesive, six-week summer tennis season for the ATP and WTA Tour's professional tournaments in North America. It runs for six weeks and culminates with the US Open.

Fourth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko reached the third round by holding off Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Up next for the Russian will be his 14th-seeded countryman Mikhail Youzhny, a 6-4, 6-4 victor against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.

Upsets came when Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty humbled seventh-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-4 and unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco came from behind to oust an eighth-seeded Gasquet 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4. Robredo was last week's titlist in Poland.

Two-time major titlist and former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia advanced to the third round without even lifting his racquet on Day 4, as ninth-seeded American James Blake pulled out of their scheduled match due to an abdominal strain.

Twelfth-seeded German Tommy Haas, who corralled his 400th career ATP victory here on Tuesday, was leading qualifier Michael Russell 6-3, 3-0 when the American retired due to a back problem.

More upsets came when the qualifier Fognini erased 13th-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray 6-2, 6-2 and Argentine David Nalbandian took out 16th-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. Murray returned to ATP action just this week after being sidelined with a wrist injury for three months. Nalbandian, the 2003 runner-up to Roddick at this tournament, will battle third-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic here on Thursday.

Canadian crowd favorite Frank Dancevic moved on by beating American Wayne Odesnik 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

The 2007 Rogers Masters titlist will collect $400,000.

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Pacific-10 Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Stanford

Oregon and USC get their tickets punched after taking care of business this weekend. Yes, the Trojans' computer numbers aren't great, but there's no way the third-place team in this league is getting nixed. Grudgingly, I added Arizona after consultation with our Bracketologist. I don't know that Arizona will lose its last three (including a Pac-10 quarterfinal game), and even if the Cats do, I still can't see how they'd be left out, given the overall profile. That said, it bears watching, as three more L's would leave them at 18-12 (9-9) and on a 6-11 skid entering the Dance. It would be nice to see the Wildcats get at least one W in the Bay Area next week, as Cincinnati (albeit without Armein Kirkland and with a worse profile) was axed after a similar slide last season. I just couldn't rationalize having some of the other teams as locks and not having Arizona in that category -- there just aren't enough good teams behind the Cats to threaten their spot, it seems. Stanford has its fate in its own hands with the Arizona schools coming to the Farm to close out the regular season next weekend.

Should be in:

Stanford [17-10 (9-7), RPI: 40, SOS: 21] No shame in not getting a win in L.A., but that makes the home game against Arizona State a must-win ahead of what could be an intriguing meeting with Arizona should the Cats lose at Cal. Getting to 11 Pac-10 wins would make Selection Sunday much more comfortable, but 10's probably more than enough this season. The Cardinal have nonconference wins over Texas Tech and at Virginia to lean on, although they also lost badly to Air Force and Santa Clara at home.

Southeastern Conference odds
Work left to do: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State

It looks more and more possible that no one from the SEC West will make the NCAAs. How weird is that? Tennessee and Vandy move into the locks category after more good work this weekend. Kentucky stays there, although it would be smart for the Cats to handle Georgia at home Wednesday ahead of a trip to the Swamp. Could a disaster scenario (two more L's and a first-round SEC tourney exit) somehow dislodge the Cats despite their incredible computer numbers? Still unlikely, but not worth chancing it.

Work left to do:

Alabama [19-9 (6-8), RPI: 43, SOS: 47] The tough L at Tennessee was understandable, and even created some hope. Unfortunately, that hope was dashed by a home loss to Auburn, which leaves the Tide in some real trouble. There's still no signature win on the profile (no, Kentucky doesn't count), and the computer profile is weakening rapidly. The Tide conceivably could beat Ole Miss and win at Miss. State to get to 8-8 and clinch at least a share of the West crown, but that's probably not enough right now. The Tide will need to do some work in the SEC tourney.

Georgia [16-10 (8-6), RPI: 52, SOS: 23] This is the team with the best chance to make it from this section right now. The Bulldogs rebounded from a terrible performance at Ole Miss to beat down Miss. State. Now they are at Kentucky (king of the RPI 51-100 win) and home to Tennessee. That would be worth a lot of computer points to get both (which is doable), as both teams are in the top 11 in RPI. Finishing at least 9-7 is an absolute must, and I would feel much better about the Dawgs' chances if they got both to get to 10 SEC wins. They also beat Gonzaga, but lost to ACC bubblers Georgia Tech and Clemson.

Mississippi [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 63, SOS: 79] Like everyone else in this division, Ole Miss gacked up a chance to stake a claim, losing by double figures at South Carolina. Even 9-7 likely is not nearly enough with a nonconference profile devoid of anything notable.

Mississippi State [16-11 (7-7), RPI: 66, SOS: 37] With a chance to get in the mix, these Bulldogs were leashed by their Georgia counterparts. Could they get to 9-7? I guess -- although winning at Arkansas, then beating Alabama is no lock -- but would that mean all that much for a team with this overall profile? Probably not. There's nothing of note (on the good side) in the nonconference profile.

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