Wozniacki, Sharapova advance at Indian Wells; Henin slips

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03/13/2010 - Indian Wells, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki and former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova were among Friday's second-round winners at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open tennis event.

The second-seeded Wozniacki, of Denmark, came from behind to beat American Vania King 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the beautiful Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Sharapova, seeded 10th, also rallied from a set down to post a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Vera Dushevina. Sharapova titled here in 2006.

Belgian Justine Henin came up short in her second-round match as the 31st seed, Gisela Dulko of Argentina, topped the 2004 Indian Wells champ 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva held off Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 and fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska got past former top-10 performer Anna Chakvetadze of Russia 6-2, 5-3, retired.

The highest seeded player to fall on Friday was No. 7 Li Na of China. Brit Elena Baltacha outlasted Li 7-6 (8-6), 2-6. 7-6 (9-7).

Eleventh-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli was a straight-set winner over Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-4, 6-2, 15th-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone bested Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan 6-3, 6-4 and 16th-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova outlasted Swiss Patty Schnyder 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

Eighteenth-seeded Chinese Zheng Jie handled Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 7-5, while 19th-seeded Aravane Rezai of France beat lucky loser Tamarine Tanasugarn, Chinese Peng Shuai knocked off 20th-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-1, 6-4, American Jill Craybas ousted 22nd-seeded German Sabine Lisicki 4-6, 7-5, 2-0, retired, Aussie Alicia Molik took out 29th-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), Belgian Kirsten Flipkens upended 30th-seeded Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1, 6-2 and 32nd-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko was a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano.

This week's 32 seeds all received byes into the second round.

Vera Zvonareva bested 2008 Indian Wells champ Ana Ivanovic in last year's finale here.

The 2010 Indian Wells winner will earn a hefty $700,000.

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An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.

Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off.  Randy was not impressed though.  Paula thought he started off fantastic.  "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. 

Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed.  Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact.  He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. 

Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula.  Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.

Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next.  Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential.  Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell.  He sang "Careless Whisper".

22 year old Chris Richardson was up next.  He was listed with +1100 odds coming in.  He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. 

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Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good. 

Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds.  Great voice and a great sense of humor.  He's a real standout.  Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit.  Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig". 

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Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys.  Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.

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It is called the "pointspread."

Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.

But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.

A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.

In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.

The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .

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