Djokovic lands in Belgrade quarters

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05/06/2009 - Belgrade, Serbia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Belgrade native Novak Djokovic highlighted Wednesday's winners at the inaugural clay-court Serbia Open.

The top-seeded Djokovic, last week's Italian Masters runner-up to clay-court superman Rafael Nadal, snuck past fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 in a second-round bout on Day 3 here.

The 21-year-old Djokovic's quarterfinal opponent on Friday will be another fellow countryman, fifth-seeded Viktor Troicki.

In other second-round action, Polish lucky-loser Lukasz Kubot was leading third-seeded Igor Andreev 3-2 in the first set when the Russian retired due to a rib injury, while Troicki handled Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-4 and Belgian Kristof Vliegen upended eighth-seeded countryman Christophe Rochus 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Day 3. Vliegen and Kubot will face-off in the round of eight.

A trio of players posted first-round wins on Wednesday, as Argentine Leonardo Mayer mauled American Wayne Odesnik 6-3, 6-2, Argentine Brian Dabul doused Chilean Nicolas Massu 6-2, 6-1 and Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla won a suspended match from Tuesday by besting Cypriot wild card Marcos Baghdatis 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.

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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.

MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .

''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.

He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.

''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''

Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.

Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.

With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.

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