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Rafael Nadal
Ripping up opponents on clay and the ATP in the media for compressing the claycourt calendar? How much longer can he go playing every singles week?
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John McEnroe
Beats former No. 1s Courier and Sampras en route to his first Outback Champions Tour title. Why is he retiring?
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Fernando Gonzalez
Gonzo wins the Munich title.
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Vera Zvonareva, Gisela Dulko
Win minor WTA clay titles.
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The French Court System...
...rules that gambling at the French Open is OK. Thankfully. Hey idiots that run the sport: part of the popularity of sport worldwide is gambling on them. Idiots.
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Richard Gasquet
Have less heart.
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Tommy Haas
Derailed again as of late with shoulder problems.
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Pete Sampras
Want to keep creating buzz for future exos versus Federer? Stop losing to 50 year olds.
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Maria Sharapova
Doesn't like the WTA Tour telling her what to do, and is coming off on her website like a spoiled, spiteful teenager.
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Etienne de Villiers
Will you have a job this time next year in tennis? Rafa and Roger don't hope so.
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Now be honest, who would really have believed that after four days of tennis in Rome that Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Nikolay Davydenko and David Nalbandian would out and Andy Roddick and James Blake would still be in? There’s no one on the planet who would have thought that four days ago. No one.
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Roddick, Blake Threaten to Turn Rome into a U.S. Event
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