Jankovic, Hingis roll into third round at San Diego

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08/01/2007 - San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jelena Jankovic looked sharp on Tuesday night at the $1.34 Acura Classic, cruising past American Vania King in straight sets.

The second-seeded Jankovic, who was victorious in 6-3, 6-0 fashion, wasn't the only easy winner, as all four second-round bouts were won in straight sets by the seeded player. Fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova downed fellow Russian Elena Bovina 6-3, 7-5; No. 5 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli of France downed Aiko Nakamura 7-6 (7-4), 6-1; and seventh-seeded Swiss Martina Hingis defeated Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek 7-5, 6-2 at La Costa Resort and Spa.

In first-round action involving seeds, hot Indian Sania Mirza toppled No. 12 Israeli Shahar Peer 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, No. 15 Austrian Sybille Bammer edged out Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) and No. 16 Czech Lucie Safarova subdued American Meilen Tu 6-4, 6-3. Mirza is fresh off her runner-up finish in Stanford.

Additional opening-round wins came for American Meghann Shaughnessy, Japanese Ai Sugiyama, Russian Alla Kudryavtseva and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.

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, enjoyed a first-round bye.

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Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

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