Venus Williams vs. Magdalena Rybarikova 2009 US Open Results, Odds, & Predictions: After surviving a first round scare versus Vera Dushevina, Venus Williams quickly rebounded with a straight set, round 2 win over fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Now in the 2009 US Open Results, Odds, & Predictions’ third round, Venus Williams [-1000 ML] will take on sports betting odds underdog Magdalena Rybarikova [+550 ML]. This match is scheduled to take place at Arthur Ashe Stadium starting at 7 PM ET (4 PM PT) tonight from Flushing Meadows.

Please don’t forget that, before making your 2009 US Open Results, Odds, & Predictions Picks, get the latest sports betting odds and your free sports picks from the best online US Open Betting Odds sportsbooks, free courtesy of Sports-Odds.com.   The third seeded Williams won back-to-back New York titles in 2000 and 2001. The following year, Venus lost in the US Open finals to her sister Serena, finishing as the 2002 runner up.

Since ‘02 the older of the Williams sisters has been eliminated twice in the quarterfinals (2005 & 2208), in the fourth round in 2004, and she reached the US Open semifinals in 2007.

The only two majors that the 7-time Grand Slam Champion has yet to win are the Australian Open and the French Open. Venus was the runner-up in the 2003 Australian and her best finish in France came the year before, where she was once again the tournament’s runner up.

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Gonzalez and Kohlschreiber are the two dark horses for the tournament on the men’s side.

Fernando Gonzalez pulled out of his first round match hurt against Tomas Berdych in Cincinnati last month after losing the first set 4-6. His price in the futures market immediately started to drift for the US Open as he became a bit of a question mark. However, Gonzalez, a very dangerous player on the men’s tour, looked perfectly fine in the first round at Flushing Meadows the other night as he cruised past Nicolas Massu 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. What makes Gonzalez such a threat on tour is that he is all-in on virtually every shot he hits. He has career victories over Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray, and it’s known that when he is ‘on’ that he can take out virtually anyone.

Gonzalez gets a little tight around the collar when the pressure is on sometimes but the runner-up at the 2007 Australian Open and the semifinalist at Roland Garros this year has a pretty good draw to the semifinals at the present US Open.

His next match is against Josselin Ouanna, the 103rd ranked player on tour, and you have to think Gonzalez will win that match. Down the road, should Gonzalez keep winning, he may encounter Tomas Berdych and/or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. There’s no real reason to think that Gonzalez can’t win either match as Berdych isn’t exactly a force on tour while Gonzalez vs Tsonga would be a coin toss.

If Gonzalez simply plays like he is able to he might find himself squaring off against Rafael Nadal in the quarters and the US Open isn’t exactly the Spaniard’s best Slam. With that there is reason to believe that Gonzalez can realistically make the semifinals here at the US Open and that makes his price to win at Flushing Meadows a good one at +10000 (100/1; bet365).

On the other half of the draw Philipp Kohlschreiber has exuded some strength lately. His play has been somewhat sporadic since Wimbledon where he lost to Roger Federer in the third round but he does have victories over Tommy Robredo, Fernando Verdasco, and Tomas Berdych in between Slams. He also beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on tour this year as well as Novak Djokovic at the French Open so there is no reason to believe he can’t beat some big names on tour.

Kohlschreiber has a tough draw ahead of him but both of his two opening round victories were very efficient straight sets wins. Also, he looked very sharp in those sets as his shots were often very well paced, tight to the net, deep, and most importantly – they were in. With Stepanek ahead of him and then likely Djokovic and probably Roddick, Kohlscreiber is far from a lock for the semis, but he does have the ability within himself to beat players of top 5 calibre so he can’t be written off either.

If you are only interested in longshots at this point Kohlschreiber (+20000 to win the US Open, 200/1; bet365) and Gonzalez are the two players to sprinkle a bet on.

If you don’t want to pick them to win the title outright because you don’t think the prices are worth it, then you might want to consider pounding bets on them in their individual matches as they develope.

[Source: http://www.crunchsports.com/category/Tennis/US-Open-2009--Fernando-Gonzalez-and-Philipp-Kohlschreiber-200909040006/]

Flavia Pennetta has been playing great the last couple of months and she had a successful tournament last year at the US Open (quarterfinals). Her current rank is a career high 10th and she could be a sleeper at Flushing Meadows this year. Her next match is against Indian tennis idol Sania Mirza.

In head to head play, Pennetta has a slight edge as she has beaten Mirza 3 times and lost twice. However, while that does make the match look like it could be pretty even, they have met 3 times on the hard court surface and Pennetta has won all three of those matches. In those three matches Mirza never won more than 4 individual games in a set and that does make her chances of advancing to the third round of the US Open appear pretty bleak. Also, the second round of Grand Slams is usually where Mirza falls, at least of late. She hasn’t made the third round of any Slam since the 2008 Australian Open and she isn’t the type of player that really threatens a top 10 player like Pennetta.

Our recommendation is back to Pennetta when the odds come out for a straight sets victory.

[Source: http://www.crunchsports.com/category/Tennis/US-Open-2009--Sania-Mirza-vs-Flavia-Pennetta-200908310023/]

		LIVERPOOL are out to 7/1, from 9/2, to win the Premiership after their home defeat against Aston Villa heaped more misery on the ailing side. The title hopefuls are 11/4 to miss out on a top four spot, whilst boss Rafa Benitez- the subject of quit rumours last week- is 7/1 to be the next manager to go. Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg: “Liverpool’s start has significantly undermined the club’s chances of ending their title drought. At present, they look the most vulnerable of the big four. Chelsea are 11/8 favourites to take Manchester United’s (5/2) crown.

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