Roddick, Blake win Indy openers

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07/25/2007 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Americans Andy Roddick and James Blake, the top two seeds, won their first-round matches Tuesday at the $575,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

Roddick scored a 6-4, 6-0 victory over fellow American Alex Kuznetsov. Blake topped Swede Thomas Johansson, 7-5, 7-6 (11-9) on the hardcourts at the Indianapolis Tennis Center.

Blake defeated Roddick in last year's Indianapolis finale. Roddick captured this event back-to-back in 2003 and 2004.

Roddick's second-round opponent will be Russian Evgeny Korolev, while Blake will tangle with Brazilian qualifier Ricardo Mello, a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Frenchman Gael Monfils on Tuesday.

Third-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov handled American Michael Russell 6-3, 7-5, while fourth-seeded Mardy Fish snuck past fellow American Vincent Spadea 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Fifth seed Ivo Karlovic of Croatia beat Brazil's Andre Sa, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3). Sa replaced Nicolas Kiefer, the 2004 runner-up, who withdrew due to a knee injury. Sixth-seeded Korean Hyung-Taik Lee beat American wild card Donald Young, 6-2, 6-4.

In another Day-2 all-American affair, Paul Goldstein topped Robert Kendrick 6-4, 6-4. Additional wins came for Russians Igor Kunitsyn and Teimuraz Gabashvili, and Japanese qualifier Kei Nishikori.

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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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