Djokovic pulls out of Davis Cup semi opener

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09/16/2011 - Belgrade, Serbia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hometown hero Novak Djokovic pulled out of Friday's opening singles rubber in the Davis Cup semifinal between reigning champion Serbia and visiting Argentina.

Djokovic was scheduled to meet former Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian on Day 1, but the weary star, who had been complaining about jet lag this week after capturing his first-ever U.S. Open title on Monday in New York before returning home to his beloved Serbia, decided that Friday was not an option.

The world No. 1 star Djokovic is an amazing 64-2 this year, including three of the four Grand Slam titles. He led the Serbs to their first-ever Davis Cup title last year when they beat France in the final here in Djokovic's native Belgrade.

Viktor Troicki replaced Djokovic on Friday, but Djokovic is perhaps available for singles play on Sunday if he is needed in the best-of-five tie at Belgrade Arena.

Troicki won the fifth and deciding rubber against the French in last year's dramatic finale.

Friday's second singles bout is supposed to pit the hosts' Janko Tipsarevic against Argentine slugger Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion.

Saturday's doubles match will pit a Serbian duo of Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic versus an Argentine pairing of Juan Ignacio Chela and Juan Monaco, while Sunday's reverse singles currently call for Djokovic to tangle with del Potro and Tipsarevic to take on the former top-five star Nalbandian.

Argentina, captained by Tito Vazquez, is still seeking that elusive first-ever Davis Cup championship.

Serbia is part of the former Yugoslavia, which beat Argentina in Belgrade in their lone Davis Cup matchup way back in 1964.

The winner here will face the France-Spain victor in the 2011 Davis Cup final in December.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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