Gonzalez ousted in New Haven

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08/24/2010 - New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former top-10 star Fernando Gonzalez was a second-round upset victim Tuesday at the $750,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up.

Former top-20 Czech Radek Stepanek, a lucky-loser this week, upended the third-seeded Gonzalez, who's on the mend from a knee injury, 6-2, 6-4 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale. This marked Gonzalez' first match since the French Open.

In other action involving top-10 seeds, No. 5 Kazakhstanian Andrey Golubev grounded Argentine Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 and No. 8 German Florian Mayer mauled Czech Jan Hajek 6-3, 6-1 on Day 3.

Mild upsets came when Russian qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili topped 11th-seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse 4-2, retired, and Russian Evgeny Korolev clipped 13th- seeded German Michael Berrer 6-4, 7-5.

In other play involving seeds, No. 15 Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan leveled German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-1 and No. 16 Romanian Victor Hanescu handled German Daniel Brands 6-3, 6-4.

One other second-rounder saw Ukrainian Illya Marchenko douse Canadian qualifier Philip Bester 6-3, 6-3.

The 2010 Pilot Pen champion will collect $93,630.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1

Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17

Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1

Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1

Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Cars": 1/3

"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:

"Water" – Canada: 22/1

"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1

"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1

"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10

Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:

"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5

"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2

"Helmer & Son": 5/2

"The Saviour": 6/1

"West Bank Story": 7/2

Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:

"Babel": 7/4

"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1

"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20

"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4

"The Queen": 5/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

"Babel": 11/4

"The Departed": 1/2

"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2

"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10

"The Queen": 20/1

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10

Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1

Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1

Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5

Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1

Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1

Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1

Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8

Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1

Film To Win Most Oscars:

Dreamgirls: 2/3

Pans Labyrinth: 6/5

The Departed: 6/1

The Queen: 11/1

Babel: 15/1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1

Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1


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