Djokovic, Roddick reach third round at Paris Masters

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10/28/2008 - Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 3 Novak Djokovic and former world No. 1 Andy Roddick were among Tuesday's second-round winners at the $2.9 million Paris Masters -- the ninth and final Masters Series event of the year.

The Australian Open champion Djokovic was leading Dmitry Tursunov 6-2, 4-3 when the Russian retired with a right shoulder injury, while seventh-seeded Roddick rolled past Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4. Roddick swatted 13 aces at the lefthanded Lopez, who was unable to break the American. Lopez tallied 12 aces in a losing cause.

Ninth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro landed in the round of 16 with a 6-0, 6-4 decision against Croat Mario Ancic, while 16th-seeded French favorite Gael Monfils erased Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-4 on the indoor hardcourts at Palais Omnisports Bercy.

Fernando Verdasco cruised in the opening set before facing a stiff challenge from Tommy Robredo. The 15th-seeded Verdasco prevailed in three grueling sets, 6-2, 6-7 (8-6), 6-2 to advance to the third round.

France's Florent Serra, Croatian qualifier Ivan Ljubicic, Czech Radek Stepanek, German Philipp Kohlschreiber and Swede Robin Soderling posted first- round wins here on Day 3. Serra stopped struggling Argentine and fellow lucky loser Guillermo Canas 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, while Soderling, fresh off his title in Lyon last week, handled French wild card Josselin Ouanna 6-3, 6-4.

Argentine star David Nalbandian upset Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal in last year's final here. This week's top seeds are the Wimbledon, French Open and Olympic champion Nadal, U.S. Open winner and last week's Basel champ Roger Federer, Djokovic and the aforementioned Murray, the 2008 U.S. Open runner- up.

On Wednesday, a bevy of stars will take to the courts for second-rounders, including the top-ranked Nadal, second-seeded Federer, Murray, Nalbandian, and French star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet. Nadal will face Serra, while Federer will encounter the surging Soderling, Murray will meet American Sam Querrey and an eighth-seeded Nalbandian will battle German Nicolas Kiefer. Federer beat Nalbandian in last week's Basel finale. Murray has won his last two tournaments, including a Masters Series event in Madrid two weeks ago.

All of this week's 16 seeds received byes into the second round.

The 2008 Paris Masters titlist will collect $450,000.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

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Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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