Schiavone, Meusburger to square off in Gastein Ladies final

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07/28/2007 - Bad Gastein, Austria (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone and Austrian crowd favorite Yvonne Meusburger were both winners in their semifinal matches Saturday at the inaugural $175,000 Gastein Ladies tennis event.

Schiavone had no trouble ousting fourth-seeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi, 6-4, 6-2, on Day 6 of this clay-court tournament, while Meusburger needed three sets to upset seventh-seeded Italian Karin Knapp, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

Schiavone and Meusburger will meet in Sunday's final, with the winner pocketing $25,840. Schiavone and Meusburger faced each other earlier this year, with the Italian winning in straight sets in the first round of the French Open.

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In part two of MySportsbook.com’s draft preview, we’ll take a look at a division that was extremely disappointing last season: the NFC South.  Many “experts” predicted the Panthers to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, of course they could not even make the playoffs in an extremely weak NFC.  The Saints definitely made up for the disappointing seasons of their NFC South brethren by exploding out of no where en route to the NFC Championship game.  For the avid NFL gambler, it is imperative to pay attention to the NFL draft.  Although free agency gets a ton of publicity, the successful franchises build their teams around the draft.

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Key loses: Joe Horn WR,
Team needs: CB, WR, TE, LB, DT
Possible draftees: Aaron Ross CB Texas, Darrelle Revis CB Pitt, Ted Ginn Jr. WR OSU, Paul Posluszny LB PSU, Chris Houston CB Arkansas, Greg Olsen TE Miami

2. Carolina Panthers
Carolina was one of the biggest disappointments in the NFL last season.  With the signing of David Carr, expect the very first quarterback controversy to come out of Carolina if Jake Delhomme doesn’t rebound quickly from an average 2007 season. With veteran safety Mike Minter getting up there in age, they will look to draft a safety on Day 1 but probably not in the first round.  LB is another need with the loss of Chris Draft to go along with Dan Morgan’s concussion problems.  If TE Greg Olsen is still on the board, he might be too good to pass up despite their needs on the defensive side of the ball.

Key additions: David Carr QB
Key loses: Chris Draft LB
Team needs: LB, TE, S, OT
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