Nalbandian will open for host Argentina against Russia

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09/18/2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Friday's opening singles rubber at the Davis Cup semifinal between Argentina and Russia will pit the hosts' David Nalbandian versus Igor Andreev.

Nalbandian-Andreev will be followed on Friday by a bout between surging 13th- ranked Argentine Juan Martin del Potro and world No. 6 Russian star Nikolay Davydenko.

Saturday's doubles rubber will pit an Argentine duo of Agustin Calleri and Guillermo Canas against a Russian pairing of Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, while Sunday's reverse singles currently call for the world No. 7 Nalbandian to meet Davydenko and del Potro to battle Andreev.

The best-of-five tie will be staged outdoors on red clay at Buenos Aires' Estadio Parque Roca.

Argentina is captained by Alberto Mancini, while Shamil Tarpischev guides team Russia. Tarpischev led the Russian women past host Spain in last week's Fed Cup finale.

Two-time champion Russia is 3-1 all-time versus Argentina, including a 3-2 victory in the 2006 Davis Cup final in Moscow. Their last meeting in Buenos Aires resulted in a 5-0 Argentine victory in 2003.

Russia captured the Davis Cup in 2002 and 2006, while Argentina has never won the coveted championship. The Russians were last year's runners-up to the United States.

The Argentina-Russia winner will face this week's USA-Spain victor in the 2008 Davis Cup final, in November.

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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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