Bartoli, Kanepi among first round winners in Rome

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05/03/2009 - Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marion Bartoli and Kaia Kanepi were among the first round winners at the $2 million Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis event.

The 11th-ranked Bartoli, of France, topped China's Peng Shuai, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) in just under 90 minutes on the red clay at Foro Italico. Estonia's Kanepi, the 16th seed, was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over American Vania King.

In other first round action, Slovak Daniela Hantuchova deafeted Russian Vera Dushevina, 6-4, 6-1, and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro topped Great Britain's Anne Keothavong, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

One of two three-set matches of the day went to Sybille Bammer, who was a 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3 winner over China's Li Na, while the other went to Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, who battled from a set down to beat Amelie Mauresmo, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

A pair of qualifiers moved on, as Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova beat Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2 and Japan's Ayumi Morita beat Monica Niculescu 6-1, 6-3.

The other matches featured Patty Schnyder topping Columbia's Mariana duque Marino 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, Lucie Safarova beating Mariya Koryttseva 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 and Francesca Schiavone defeating Alberta Brianti 6-3, 6-4 in an all- Italian matchup.

Serbian star Jelena Jankovic bested France's Alize Cornet in last year's Rome finale.

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Out west, 22nd-ranked Arizona State will be battling for their first victory over 21st-ranked California since 2000. Although the Golden Bears are listed as 7.5-point favorites, the Sun Devils are 3-0, lead the nation in sacks with 18 and possess the Pac-10's leading passer in sophomore quarterback Rudy Carpenter.

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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&amp;M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6

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