Federer stunned, Nadal moves on at Rogers Cup

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07/24/2008 - Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-ranked Roger Federer suffered a shocking loss in the second round Wednesday at the $2,615,000 Rogers Masters in Toronto.

Playing his first match since dropping an epic Wimbledon final in five sets to Rafael Nadal, Federer was upset 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by Frenchman Gilles Simon, last week's Indianapolis champion.

Meanwhile, the second-seeded Nadal ousted American qualifier Jesse Levine, 6-4, 6-2, to move into the third round.

Russian Marat Safin defeated American Sam Querrey 6-3, 6-3 in his rain-delayed first-round match before falling to ninth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-3, 6-4.

Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, the fourth seed, knocked off German Tommy Haas 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) and fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer dispatched American Robby Ginepri 6-4, 6-4.

There were a couple of other second-round upsets: Croat Marin Cilic upended 12th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-3, 6-4; Sweden's Robin Soderling outlasted 13th-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4; Argentina's Jose Acasuso slipped past 14th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; German Nicolas Kiefer beat 15th-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 and Russian Igor Andreev, who was last week's Croatia Open runner-up, topped Czech Tomas Berdych, the 16th seed, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

In other second-round action: seventh-seeded American James Blake rallied to down Swedish qualifier Jonas Bjorkman 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; eighth-seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain made quick work of Sweden's Thomas Johansson 6-4, 6-4; France's Richard Gasquet, the 10th seed, silenced Russia's Alexandre Kudryavtsev 7-5, 6-3 and Russian's Dmitry Tursunov eliminated Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).

Rain delayed the start of play on Wednesday.

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El Duque expected to throw Tuesday

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday.

Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine.

El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year.

MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds. 

Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle.

New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele.

Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.''

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