Venus cruises in Acura opener

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07/31/2007 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Venus Williams, fresh off her fourth Wimbledon title, breezed past Anastassia Rodionova in the first round of the $1.34 million Acura Classic.

Williams, seeded 10th, ousted the Russian Rodionova, 6-3, 6-0 at La Costa Resort and Spa. Williams is playing her first tournament since capturing the sixth Grand Slam of her career at Wimbledon.

Ninth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva, a two-time major runner-up, held off Colombian wild card Catalina Castano 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, while 11th-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland smoked American Jamea Jackson, 6-2, 6-1.

Thirteenth-seeded Frenchwoman Tatiana Golovin needed three sets to beat Argentine Gisela Dulko, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, and 14th-seeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko overcame Chinese Shuai Peng 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to move on.

Additional first-round wins came for American Vania King, Russians Elena Bovina and Maria Kirilenko, Japanese Aiko Nakamura, German Angelique Kerber, Greek Eleni Daniilidou, Frenchwoman Camille Pin, Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn, Michaella Krajicek of The Netherlands and Anne Kremer of Luxembourg.

This week's top seed, Russian superstar Maria Sharapova, beat Belgian Kim Clijsters in last year's hardcourt finale here. The former world No. 1 Sharapova, who is also the reigning U.S. Open champ and Aussie Open runner-up, has a first-round bye.

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Adrian Peterson (RB, Oklahoma)
Troy Smith (QB, Ohio State)
Michael Bush (RB, Louisville)
Steve Slaton (RB, West Virginia)
Brian Brohm (QB, Louisville)
Chris Leak (QB, Florida)
Mike Hart (RB, Michigan)
Ted Ginn (WR, Ohio State)
Darius Walker (RB, Notre Dame)
Drew Tate (QB, Iowa)
Marshawn Lynch (RB, Cal)
Kenny Irons (RB, Auburn)
Chad Henne (QB, Michigan)
Kyle Wright (QB, Miami)
Drew Stanton (QB, Michigan State)
Kenneth Darby (RB, Alabama)
JaMarcus Russell (QB, LSU)
Drew Weatherford (QB, Florida State)
Blake Mitchell (QB, South Carolina)
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