Bogomolov Jr., Youzhny win Zagreb openers

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01/31/2012 - Zagreb, Croatia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two of this week's top-three seeds, Russians Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Mikhail Youzhny, were among Tuesday's opening- round winners at the Zagreb Indoors tennis event.

The second-seeded Bogomolov drilled Croatian wild card Dino Marcan 6-3, 6-1, while the third-seeded Youzhny got past Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) on the indoor hardcourts at Dom Sportova. Stakhovsky was the champion here back in 2008.

Towering eighth-seeded Croatian favorite Ivo Karlovic advanced with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 decision against Slovenian Blaz Kavcic on Day 2.

Additional first-round wins came for German Michael Berrer, Austrian qualifier Jurgen Melzer and Poland's Lukasz Kubot. The 2011 Zagreb runner-up Berrer will face top-seeded former top-five star and 2006 Zagreb champion Ivan Ljubicic in the round of 16. Berrer, who beat Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 on Tuesday, lost to Croat Ivan Dodig in last year's finale here.

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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.

Below is a list of some of the favorites to win the 2007 Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship lines. For the full list of teams and March Madness odds be sure to log onto MySportsbook.com. If you want to use your credit card to bet on college hoops or any other event, MySportsbook.com has the highest credit card acceptance rate in the industry.

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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