Murray, Roddick roll; Hewitt ousts del Potro at Wimbledon
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06/25/2009 - Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. Open runner-up Andy Murray and two-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick moved on, while former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt posted a big second-round upset by leveling fifth- seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro at The Championships.
A third-seeded Murray, the highest-seeded Brit here in 36 years, blew past talented but underachieving Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 7-5, 6-3.
The sixth-seeded Roddick handled Russian Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 on another beautiful day at the storied All England Club. The American star lost to the great Roger Federer in a pair of finals here in 2004 and 2005.
The 26-year-old Roddick's win on Thursday marked the 100th Grand Slam victory of his career.
The former world No. 1 Roddick's third-round opponent will be Austrian lefthander Jurgen Melzer.
Meanwhile, the 2002 titlist Hewitt, unseeded this year, stunned the rising del Potro in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.
Del Potro tried to make things interesting by breaking Hewitt while the Aussie was serving for the match. But after the 6-foot-6 Argentine leveled the third set at 5-all, the fiery Hewitt broke right back for a 6-5 edge and then served out the match with his second match point to advance. Hewitt wasted his first match point via double fault.
The former top-ranked Hewitt moved on in 2 hours, 32 minutes with the help of 14 aces and four service breaks. The Aussie also committed only 14 unforced errors, compared to 24 for del Potro, who could manage only one break on a sunny Day 4.
The resurgent Hewitt had dropped 14 straight matches against top-10 competition before Thursday.
The 28-year-old Hewitt has reached at least the quarterfinals here on four occasions and is a two-time major champ.
Eighth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon came from behind to beat Brazilian Thiago Alves 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, while 10th-seeded Chilean Fernando Gonzalez overcame Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and No. 12 Russian Nikolay Davydenko drubbed Romanian Victor Crivoi 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. The former Aussie Open runner-up Gonzalez was a French Open semifinalist three weeks ago.
Sixteenth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer doused Italian Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, while 19th-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka waltzed past Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
In other action involving seeds, No. 20 Czech Tomas Berdych handled France's Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, a No. 26 Melzer topped last week's grass- court champion in The Netherlands, Benjamin Becker of Germany, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 7-6 (7-1), and No. 31 Romanian Victor Hanescu humbled Frenchman Nicolas Devilder 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.
Additional second-round wins came for Italian Andreas Seppi, Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero and German Philipp Petzschner. The former world No. 1 Ferrero dismissed 36-year-old Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Santoro was appearing in his final Wimbledon, as he will retire at the end of this season.
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A bye week will allow Terrell Owens broken hand to recover just in time for the next game the Dallas Cowboys are slated to play, according to reports. MySportsbook.com, an football sportsbook, has posted football betting lines on TO playing.
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