10/24/2008 - Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Andy Roddick was eliminated in quarterfinal round action Friday at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.
Seventh-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden pulled off the minor upset with a 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) triumph over the American.
Roddick, the 2005 Lyon champ, rifled 22 aces on Friday, but was unable to prevail in the tiebreaks as he did on Thursday. The former world No. 1 eliminated fellow American Robby Ginepri in the second round by winning a pair of tiebreaks.
Soderling, who reached the final at the Stockholm Open just two weeks ago and won the Lyon crown in 2004, beat Roddick for the second time this season. He also came away with a straight-set win in the quarterfinals at Memphis back in late February.
Next up for Soderling will be fourth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, who advanced with a 6-3, 7-5 triumph over French wild card Josselin Ouanna. Simon is coming off a trip to the final at the Madrid Masters last week. He lost to Andy Murray in the title match after beating world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.
Simon and Soderling have split four lifetime matches, including two this year. Soderling rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 victory in the Rotterdam semifinals, but Simon returned the favor with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph in the first round of the Olympics.
Two more quarterfinals are on tap for Friday, as third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France meets Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero and Belgian Steve Darcis takes on his second straight French opponent in Julien Benneteau. Darcis knocked off second-seeded Richard Gasquet, the 2006 Lyon champ, in the second round.
The 2008 Lyon titlist will collect a first prize of $148,000.
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
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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
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"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
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"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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