Venus wins Rome opener

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05/04/2009 - Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was tested in her second-round match Monday at the $2 million Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis event.

The fourth-seeded former world No. 1 Williams snuck past Czech Lucie Safarova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 on the red clay at Foro Italico. Williams titled here in 1999 and was the runner-up in 1998.

Williams was joined in the third round by sixth-seeded rising Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who was pasting Ayumi Morita 6-0 when the Japanese qualifier retired from the bout with a left thigh injury. The rising Azarenka captured a big title in Miami last month.

This week's top-eight seeds received opening-round byes.

Several seeds saw first-round action here on Day 2.

Ninth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki waltzed past Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-2, while 10th-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska routed Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-0, 6-1.

Additionally, 12th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta outlasted Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-1; 13th-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet topped Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 7-5; 14th-seeded Chinese Zheng Jie bested France's Nathalie Dechy 6-1, 7-6 (7-4); and Russian Anna Chakvetadze upended 15th- seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-3. Medina Garrigues was fresh off her clay-court title in Morocco on Saturday. Cornet was last year's Rome runner-up to Serbian star Jelena Jankovic.

Other opening-round wins came for France's Virginie Razzano and qualifier Aravane Rezai, Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak, Russian Elena Vesnina, Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko, Argentine Gisela Dulko and American Bethanie Mattek- Sands.

This week's top seeds are Australian Open and French Open runner-up Dinara Safina, Aussie Open and U.S. Open champ Serena Williams and the U.S. Open runner-up and reigning Rome titlist Jankovic. Serena captured this event back in 2002.

Safina will open up here against Razzano, while Serena will meet Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder and Jankovic will face Dulko.

The 2009 Rome champion will pocket $350,000.

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After all the trouble that’s ensued since Braylon Edwards allegedly punched one of LeBron James’ homeboys in the face at a club, the Cleveland Browns have sent away their last remaining player of worth to the New York Jets. This is a great move for Dirty Sanchez and all, but it’s even better for the Knicks. Now Donnie Walsh can say, “You get to haunt Braylon Edwards with your posse if you sign here!” next summer.

Putting that aside for a moment, the move is a clear indication that the new-look Jets are gunning for the Super Bowl this year. I don’t think that New York thought that Dirty Sanchez was going to be such a rock star. With a 75.2 passer rating that was killed against the Jets, Sanchez is doing an admirable job of managing games and putting the Jets in a position to win. The defense has been the major story in New York thus far, but the acquisition of Braylon Edwards makes this offense loaded with talent that can dent any defense…as long as Dirty Sanchez continues his meteoric rise.

Thus far, Edwards has been a non-factor in the NFL piling up just 139 receiving yards on 10 catches. He has yet to find the endzone, and with the Browns mired in the most unsexy quarterback controversy of all time (Anderson vs. Quinn...yawn), there going nowhere fast. Edwards is two seasons removed from a career year which saw him catch 80 passes for 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns when the Browns were the spread killing monsters of 2007. In 2008, injuries slowed the receiver down to just 873 yards and three touchdowns though he played in all 16 games.

So that being said, we really don’t know if Braylon Edwards is just a flash in the pan, or a legit threat. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, he is a prototypical receiver. But he’s also shown a strange, and unwarranted, talent for dropping passes. Lining up opposite Jericho Cotchery, a speed demon with 23 catches, 356 yards and a single touchdown, may give Braylon the open looks he needs. A change of scenery may also rejuvenate the star receiver.

In return, the Browns will receive Chansi Stuckey, online football betting a special teams player you’ve never heard of and a pair of draft picks. That’s a tall order for a guy whose only real value right now is in his name, and it shows no promise to the Browns that they can rebuild around those acquisitions. Braylon was the only reason to hope for the Browns to go 3-14 SU this year. Without him, they don’t have a single guy on offense that can scare any team.

For the Jets, it’s a response to the pounding that they took at the hand of the Saints. Thomas Jones and Leon Washington have averaged around 4.0 yards per carry each on the ground, but striking a fair balance between the passing and rushing attacks in New York has been a struggle. You have to believe that the trio of Dustin Keller, Jericho Cotchery and Braylon Edwards will give Sanchez the weapons he needs to unleash through the air. Theoretically, that would open up holes for the rushing game. But the proposed public option health care plan works in theory too. We need to see the proof in the pudding before we start loading up mega bucks on the New York Jets to take the AFC.

The one wrinkle in this whole thing is that Braylon could very well be suspended by the league for disciplinary action due to his “brawl” with LeBron’s friend. If that’s the case, the Jets may have to bench him for a few games leaving them with a somewhat depleted receiving corps for a few games. Also, this is a guy who gets in fights with people at clubs. New York may not be the best place for him. Just sayin’.

The Jets have a long week before they meet the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football Betting in a virtual pick ‘em game. Braylon’s excess baggage may be a distraction, and his curiously low production may be what we should be expecting of him overall, but for the Jets, taking a chance to strike gold is well worth it. At the end of the year, they can simply just blame it on their rookie quarterback.

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