Jankovic reaches Madrid quarters

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05/13/2010 - Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic highlighted Thursday's third-round winners at the $4.5 million Madrid Open, a clay-court French Open tune-up.

The seventh-seeded Jankovic drilled Spain's own Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-0 on Day 6 at the Magic Box. The Serbian star advanced in 68 minutes, with the help of six service breaks in seven tries.

The surging former U.S. Open finalist Jankovic was last week's runner-up on the red clay in Rome.

Jankovic's quarterfinal opponent here on Friday will be France's Aravane Rezai.

In other Thursday action involving seeds, No. 8 Aussie Samantha Stosur stopped Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 and No. 13 Chinese Li Na handled Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-3. The ever-improving Stosur has quietly won 21 of her last 24 matches on the tour.

Two other third-rounders saw Rezai hold off German Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) and Israeli Shahar Peer paste Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja 7-5, 6-2. The wild card Parra Santonja reached her first-ever WTA Tour final last week, but lost in Estoril.

Friday's other quarters will pit fourth-seeded former top-ranked star Venus Williams against Stosur, Li versus Peer and 16th-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova against Czech Lucie Safarova. Petrova upset world No. 1 Serena Williams here on Wednesday.

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As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.

Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.

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NFL ODDSTop Football Betting Free Agents to Change Teams

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It’s time to see how the biggest NFL free agent signings will perform for their news teams. Some will work out and could be the difference that makes a difference in the win column.

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The Dolphins will make NFL wagering fans a lot of money this season, get in early and enjoy the cash.

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