Davydenko, Robredo reach second round in Sopot

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07/31/2007 - Sopot, Poland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded and defending champion Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and second-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the clay-court Orange Prokom Open.

Davydenko won his sixth straight match at this event by getting past Romanian Andrei Pavel 6-3, 6-4. The gritty Russian defeated German Florian Mayer in last year's finale here.

The veteran Pavel was a finalist in Umag this past Sunday.

Up next for the world No. 4 Davydenko will be Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello.

Robredo held off Polish wild card Lukasz Kubot 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 at SKT Sopot. Robredo, who captured this event back in 2001, will face surging Belgian Steve Darcis in the round of 16.

A pair of seeded Argentines bowed out on Day 2, as No. 3 Juan Ignacio Chela was whipped by his countryman Sergio Roitman 6-1, 6-2 and No. 5 Agustin Calleri was dismissed by pesky Austrian Stefan Koubek 0-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. Roitman also bested Chela last week in Kitzbuhel.

A seventh-seeded Mayer avoided an upset by handling Argentine lucky-loser Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6-3, 6-3. The capable Mayer lost in each of the last two finals here.

Another upset occurred when Serbian qualifier Boris Pashanski stopped eighth- seeded Italian Potito Starace 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 3-1, as Starace retired in the third set. Starace was last week's runner-up in Kitzbuhel.

Igor Andreev completed a victory against Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti. The Russian was leading 6-0, 3-3 when play was stopped here because of rain on Monday. Andreev promptly won the second set, 6-4, on Tuesday.

Other first-round winners were the aforementioned Vassallo Arguello, Frenchmen Gilles Simon and qualifier Olivier Patience, Belgian Kristof Vliegen and the qualifier Darcis, who captured his first-ever ATP title in The Netherlands just two weeks ago. Darcis defeated Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Massu of Chile 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-0), 6-4 on Tuesday.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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