Kvitova, Sharapova reach QFs; Serena shocked at Aussie Open

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01/23/2012 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and former Melbourne titlist Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals, while five-time titlist Serena Williams was a stunning fourth-round upset victim Monday at the Australian Open.

An error-prone Williams was knocked out by Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3 on Day 8 of the fortnight.

The 12th-seeded Williams misfired for 37 unforced errors and double-faulted seven times in her 82-minute setback at Rod Laver Arena.

"I'm not physically 100 percent, so I can't be so angry at myself, even though I'm very unhappy," said Williams, who suffered an ankle injury a few weeks ago. "I know that I can play a hundred times better than I did this whole tournament."

The 23-year-old Makarova will now appear in her first-ever major quarterfinal, and it will come against her compatriot Sharapova on Wednesday.

Barely able to get her first serve in half the time, Williams tallied 20 of her errors and four of her double faults in the second set.

"She went for broke on a lot of her shots. I made 37 errors," Williams said. "That kind of tells the story of the match."

Makarova called Williams "a great player" and said she was surprised to beat her.

"It's really tough to play against her," Makarova said. "But, I don't know, I just feel so good and so focused. So I played my game, and that's it. I won against Serena. That's amazing."

Williams owns 13 major titles, including five here in Melbourne. She was riding a 17-match winning streak here, having captured back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 before missing last year's Grand Slam of the Pacific because of health reasons.

Meanwhile, the second-seeded Czech Kvitova continued her winning ways with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) straight-set win over 21st-seeded former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. The match ended in 85 minutes at Laver.

The former French Open champion Ivanovic was the 2008 Aussie runner-up to Sharapova.

The 21-year-old Kvitova, who beat Sharapova in last year's Wimbledon finale and is also the reigning WTA Championships titlist, fired seven aces among her 30 winners, converting three of her six break points, and moved on to face Italian Sara Errani, who cooled off Chinese Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-1. Zheng had won her first eight matches of 2012, including a title in Auckland to open her season.

The women's quarters will commence Tuesday, as top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki will meet 11th-seeded reigning Aussie Open champ Kim Clijsters and third- seeded Victoria Azarenka will encounter eighth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska.

The former world No. 1 Clijsters is 2-0 lifetime against Wozniacki, as the Belgian bested the Dane in the 2009 U.S. Open final and the 2010 Tour Championships title tilt.

Azarenka is 6-3 versus Radwanska, including a victory in a semifinal in Sydney two weeks ago. The Belarusian went on to title in Sydney.

Clijsters beat Chinese Li Na in last year's finale to capture her first-ever Aussie title and fourth Grand Slam championship.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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