Berdych, Hewitt land in BMW QFs

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05/07/2009 - Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded Czech slugger Tomas Berdych and former world No. 1 star Lleyton Hewitt were among Thursday's second-round winners at the $595,000 clay-court BMW Open.

Berdych came from behind to edge out wild card and German crowd favorite Andreas Beck 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), while the two-time major champion Hewitt handled Dutch qualifier Thiemo De Bakker 6-3, 6-4 at MTTC Iphitos. Berdych and the Aussie Hewitt, a wild card this week, will square off in Friday's quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, German wild card Daniel Brands snuck past Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) and Italian Potito Starace stifled countryman Simone Bolelli 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Bolelli was last year's BMW runner-up to Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.

Friday's other quarters will pit second-seeded Croat Marin Cilic against Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, seventh-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu versus 2007 Munich runner-up Mikhail Youzhny of Russia and Brands against Starace.

The 2009 Munich titlist will collect $95,000.

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.

The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.

MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.

A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.

A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.

Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.

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