Wozniacki, Dementieva and Clijsters win in Montreal

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08/19/2010 - Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki and reigning champion Elena Dementieva were among Wednesday's second-round winners at the $2 million Rogers Cup, a U.S. Open tune-up.

The second-seeded Wozniacki snuck past Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder, a lucky- loser this week, 7-5, 7-5 on the hardcourts at Uniprix Stadium. Up next for the quality Dane will be 15th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta.

The fourth-seeded Dementieva topped Czech Klara Zakopalova 6-2, 6-4 to continue here winning ways at this Canadian event. The two-time major runner- up and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Dementieva beat former No. 1 Maria Sharapova in last year's all-Russian Rogers Cup finale in Toronto. This event shifts between Toronto and Montreal each year.

Fifth-seeded Kim Clijsters rallied to win the second and third sets to advance past American Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The Belgian dropped the opening set 6-4 and found herself trailing 4-3 in the second before storming back to win the final three games to force the decisive third stanza. Clijsters, the reigning U.S. Open champ who also won in Cincinnati last week, fell behind 3-2 before in the final set taking the next four games to move into round three.

Meanwhile, sixth-seeded French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy held off Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, seventh-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska erased American qualifier Vania King 6-0, 6-3, and 10th-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka handled Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 6-1 on Day 3. The world No. 13 Azarenka titled in Stanford three weeks ago and has now won seven of her last eight matches.

Eleventh-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova straight-setted Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 to corral her seventh win in eight tries. The two- time major titlist Kuznetsova titled in San Diego two weeks ago.

In other action involving seeds, resurgent Hungarian Agnes Szavay toppled No. 13 Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4; the aforementioned Pennetta pasted Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-3; unseeded Zheng Jie of China upended 16th-seeded Aravane Rezai of France, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; 17th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli received a walkover into the round of 16 when 39- year-old Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm pulled out of the draw, citing a left thigh problem; and unseeded former top-ranked star Dinara Safina picked up a rare 2010 victory by driving out No. 18 fellow Russian Nadia Petrova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Safina will meet Schiavone in the round of 16. Szavay has now won 12 straight matches and is seeking her third title in three events, with recent titles coming in Budapest and Prague.

In a battle of non-seeded players, Kaia Kanepi ousted Sybille Bammer, 7-5, 6-2.

This week's winner will earn $350,000.

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MySportsbook.com Week 1 odds:

Saints +6 @ Colts -6

Falcons @ Vikings (pick ‘em)

Panthers @ Rams (pick ‘em)

Broncos -3.5 @ Bills +3.5

Chiefs -1 @ Texans +1

Dolphins +3 @ Redskins -3

Patriots -5 @ Jets +5

Eagles -3.5 @ Packers +3.5

Steelers -4 @ Browns +4

Titans +6 @ Jaguars -6

Bears +6 @ Chargers -6

Lions +3 @ Raiders -3

Bucs +6.5 @ Seahawks -6.5

Giants +4 @ Cowboys -4

Ravens +3 @ Bengals -3

Cardinals +3 @ 49ers -3

 Super Bowl line (2008)

NFC +6.5 vs. AFC -6.5

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