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	<title>The Dysfunctional Tennis Blog</title>
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	<description>A healthy dose of pro tennis blogging.</description>
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		<title>Federer, Djokovic, Murray Bid For Weekend ATP Titles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In promises to be a strong weekend of tennis with three of the top four ranked players all in action.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-11-07/2596.php</link>
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		<title>Linespeople Await Serena Williams US Open Outburst Verdict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One person told me, "The Serena thing wouldn't be an issue in the NBA or NFL. We know there's a lot on the line for the players, but the behavior from some of them is really getting out of hand. Her mistake was that she was on TV."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-11-06/2590.php</link>
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		<title>Federer Reaches Basel QFs, Djokovic Plays Thursday; Murray Alive in Valencia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three-time champ Roger Federer is into the Basel quarterfinals after 6-3, 6-3 win over Andreas Seppi.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-11-04/2586.php</link>
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		<title>Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Ljubi&#8217;s Back, Look Who&#8217;s Back&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes he's back, Ljubi's back, yes he's back. Former Top 10er Ivan Ljubicic won the Lyon title on Sunday in the first final of the year for the 30-year-old, defeating French wildcard Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-3.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-11-02/2573.php</link>
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		<title>Serena, Venus to Meet in Doha WTA Finals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serena and Venus Williams will meet for the 23rd time Sunday in the Doha WTA finals.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-31/2571.php</link>
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		<title>Tennis Reacts to Agassi Drug Confession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tennis players and officials react the news Andre Agassi used crystal meth.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-30/2562.php</link>
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		<title>Agassi: Drug User, Tennis Hater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a new tell-all, Andre Agassi reveals his drug use, his hatred for tennis and more.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-29/2558.php</link>
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		<title>Serena Beats Venus, Clinches No. 1 at Doha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serena Williams will finish No. 1 on the WTA after defeating sister Venus at the Doha Championships.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-29/2554.php</link>
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		<title>Agassi in New Book Reveals He Took Crystal Meth</title>
		<description><![CDATA["My name, my career, everything is now on the line. Whatever I've achieved, whatever I've worked for, might soon mean nothing. Days later I sit in a hard-backed chair, a legal pad in my lap, and write a letter to the ATP. It's filled with lies interwoven with bits of truth. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-27/2552.php</link>
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		<title>Serena Williams vs. Dinara Safina at WTA Champs: Do You Care?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BTW, according to the WTA, dumb-ass Qatari tennis authorities paid $42 million to stage the season-ending event for three years until it moves to Istanbul in 2011. Cha-ching WTA!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-26/2546.php</link>
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		<title>Baghdatis Finally Wins; ATP/WTA Weekend Wrap; Tennis-X Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WOZ'S LOOSE LIPS -- So who is more to blame: Caroline Wozniacki and her on-court coach/dad for telling her to tank the match (in Polish) where Polish-speaking fans hear it on TV then place on-line bets, or the WTA Tour's dumb-ass on-court coaching experiment? Careful WTA as you might get what you wish for -- on-court coaching is popular! (with on-line betters)!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-25/2544.php</link>
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		<title>ATP Previews: Lyon, Vienna, St. Petersburg; Safin Retirement Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Lyon, France
Surface: hard indoor

Seeds: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, Ivan Ljubicic, Juan Monaco, Julien Benneteau, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Benjamin Becker, Al Montanes
ADHEREL
Floaters: None
Notes: One Top 10er in Tsonga; wildcards to oldies Arnaud Clement, Sebastien Grosjean, Michael Llodra (are there no French up-and-comers?); Algeria&#8217;s Lamine Ouahab gets directly in; Stan Wawrinka pulled, was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-25/2540.php</link>
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		<title>Jankovic in, Year-end WTA Champs Field Set; Safina No. 1 Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jankovic, who had a stellar 2008 season, this year failed to compete for the top spot, blaming a too-hard training regiment in the off-season.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-22/2538.php</link>
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		<title>Ernests Gulbis Goes to Sweden and Apparently Get&#8217;s Busted for Prostitution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An ATP Player busted for prostitution?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-21/2531.php</link>
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		<title>Davydenko, Stosur, Wickmayer Win Titles; Tennis-X Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BLAKE AND BARKER BREAK -- James Blake and his coach Brian Barker, who has coached him since his junior days, have mutually parted ways. Blake is finishing out the year with fellow Floridian Kelly Jones as his coach. Jones, a former No. 1-ranked doubles player on the ATP tour, has worked with other Floridians Mardy Fish and John Isner.
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		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-18/2529.php</link>
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		<title>ATP Previews: Davydenko Opens vs. Safin in Moscow; Stockholm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Notes: Weak, weak seeded line-up; tough openers include (1) Davydenko vs. Safin, (4) Andreev vs. Ginepri, (6) Tipsarevic vs. Crazi Dani, and (5) Cuevas vs. Lu (upset alert); Russians have won 13 titles in the 19 years of the event; unseeded Igor Kunitsyn is the defending champ, and is looking at a second-round meeting with the Davydenko-Safin winner; Davydenko looking for fourth Moscow title; Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the Moscow title five years in a row from 1997-2001.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-17/2527.php</link>
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		<title>WTA Previews: Moscow, Wozniacki Headlines Luxembourg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Notes: Jankovic is the defending champ, beating Zvonareva in the 2008 final; (3) Radwanska opens against Kirilenko; 11 Russians in the draw excluding qualifiers; a $1 million "Premier"-level event (with none of the Top 6 players?).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-17/2524.php</link>
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		<title>Davydenko Upsets Djokovic, Meets Nadal in Shanghai Final</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another retirement puts a fresh Rafael Nadal into the final against Nikolay Davydenko.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-17/2512.php</link>
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		<title>Djokovic, Nadal Survive and Advance in Shanghai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The top two seeds Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are one win from a Masters final showdown.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-16/2509.php</link>
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		<title>Nadal, Djokovic Avoid Retirement Bug in Shanghai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy Roddick's complaint just a few days ago that the lengthy ATP season is causing injuries is proving ever prophetic.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2009-10-15/2504.php</link>
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