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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>US Open champion Del Potro to play at Queen&#8217;s Club to practice grasscourt game for Wimbledon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Del Potro to play at Queen&#8217;s Club tournament
LONDON — U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year&#8217;s Queen&#8217;s Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.
The fifth-ranked Argentine beat Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final but has never advanced past the second round [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elite sportsmen likely to be handsome</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/20/elite-sportsmen-likely-to-be-handsome-48242/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Apart from hard  work,  grit  and,  raw talent, there is another trait of the most accomplished jocks - a handsome face, says a new research.

A research team led by Justin Park at the University of  Bristol, UK,  has concluded that the better an American  football  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IPL, 20-20 could see Test cricket become clique of four nations: Greg Chappell</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/20/ipl-20-20-could-see-test-cricket-become-clique-of-four-nations-greg-chappell-48157/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Former Australian cricket captain and coach Greg Chappell has warned that 50-over cricket would be the best way to measure all cricketing nations, but Twenty20 is the best format for ensuring the growth of the game.

&#8220;I can see the day where IPL (Indian Premier League) becomes a world format,&#8221; he said.
However, he also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Oui were robbed!&#8217; Luckless Irish demand justice as referee hands World Cup spot to France</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/19/oui-were-robbed-luckless-irish-demand-justice-as-referee-hands-world-cup-spot-to-france-47981/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Irate Irish cry foul after ref hands win to France
DUBLIN — Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad — and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying &#8220;Oui were robbed.&#8221;
A blown call by referees cost the luckless Irish a spot in the World Cup in a loss to star-studded France.
Ireland played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dar backs new umpire referral system</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/19/dar-backs-new-umpire-referral-system-47888/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI - Eminent Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar Thursday said the new umpire referral system will help minimise errors.

The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in which each side is allowed two unsuccessful challenges per innings in a system similar to that used in American football and tennis will be used for the first time in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murray looking to utilize home advantage for ATP Finals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/19/murray-looking-to-utilize-home-advantage-for-atp-finals-47857/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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LONDON - British tennis player Andy Murray has said he is looking forward to utilizing the huge home advantage at the O2 Arena for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, which start on Sunday.
The tournament has switched to London for five years after moving around the world, and the highest-ranked British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belgian tennis players Wickmayer, Malisse ask CAS to overturn bans for missing drug tests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/belgian-tennis-players-wickmayer-malisse-ask-cas-to-overturn-bans-for-missing-drug-tests-47574/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Belgian tennis players appeal doping bans
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn their one-year bans for missing drug tests.

The CAS said Wednesday the players want to annul their suspensions for failing three times to report their whereabouts for unannounced drug-testing.
The tribunal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indians lose in ITF tennis</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/indians-lose-in-itf-tennis-47572/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUNE - India&#8217;s Nirupama Sanjeev, Poojashree Venkatesha, Sanaa Bhambri and lucky loser Sheetal Goutham crashed out of the singles event of the $50,000 NECC-ITF Women&#8217;s Tennis championships here Wednesday.

Uzbek wild card Sabina Sharipova, 15, upset second seeded Slovak Masa Zec Peskiric 6-3, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals.	 	
In the second round, top seed and 111 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top-ranked Federer drawn into same group as US Open champ Del Potro for ATP World Tour Finals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/top-ranked-federer-drawn-into-same-group-as-us-open-champ-del-potro-for-atp-world-tour-finals-47554/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Federer, Del Potro in same group for ATP Finals
LONDON — Top-ranked Roger Federer will play U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Murray in the round-robin phase of the ATP World Tour Finals.
After Wednesday&#8217;s draw, Federer also faces Fernando Verdasco in Group A. The Swiss star lost to Del [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Sam Querrey back to tennis practice after freak accident overseas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/17/american-sam-querrey-back-to-tennis-practice-after-freak-accident-overseas-47364/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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American Sam Querrey on mend from accident
LOS ANGELES — Sam Querrey narrowly avoided a potentially career-ending injury when he shattered a glass table after practicing for a tournament in Thailand.
The world&#8217;s 25th-ranked player had sat on a couch before going to take a shower in late September. Afterward, he didn&#8217;t want to sit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Injured Andy Roddick withdraws from season-ending ATP World Tour Finals; Robin Soderling in</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Injured Roddick pulls out of season-ending event
LONDON — Andy Roddick is withdrawing from the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals because of a left knee injury.
The No. 6-ranked Roddick hurt his knee at last month&#8217;s Shanghai Masters.
The ATP said Tuesday that French Open runner-up Robin Soderling, No. 9 in the rankings, will take Roddick&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Net gain: Survey finds more Americans playing tennis, with Hispanics, blacks showing big jump</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/17/net-gain-survey-finds-more-americans-playing-tennis-with-hispanics-blacks-showing-big-jump-47290/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Survey: More minorities in US playing tennis

LOS ANGELES — More Americans are playing tennis, with Hispanics and blacks showing a marked increase.
The U.S. Tennis Association says in a survey released Tuesday that more than 30 million people hit the courts this year. That&#8217;s a 12 percent increase from 2008 and up 25 percent from six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss bank Credit Suisse signs 10-year sponsorship deal with Roger Federer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/16/swiss-bank-credit-suisse-signs-10-year-sponsorship-deal-with-roger-federer-46981/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Credit Suisse to sponsor Roger Federer thru 2019
ZURICH — The Swiss bank Credit Suisse has signed a 10-year sponsorship with Roger Federer.
The bank says it will make a &#8220;significant annual contribution&#8221; to the Roger Federer Foundation. The charity was founded by the tennis star to help disadvantaged children in Africa.
Credit Suisse declined to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanaa makes second round of ITF women&#8217;s tennis</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/16/sanaa-makes-second-round-of-itf-womens-tennis-46962/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUNE - Sanaa Bhambri provided the silver lining to a rainy day by outplaying Indo-Japanese player Anastasia Malhotra 6-3, 6-4 to enter the second round of the $50,000 NECC-ITF Women&#8217;s Tennis championships here Monday.

In other first round singles played, second seeded and 119th ranked Masa Zec-Peskiric and sixth seeded and 237th ranked Rika Fujiwara of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Open win no cakewalk, says Djokovic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/16/paris-open-win-no-cakewalk-says-djokovic-46933/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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PARIS -  Third-seeded Serbian  tennis  star  Novak Djokovic,  who  defeated local favorite Gael Monfils to  win  the Paris Masters, has said that it was an extremely difficult game.
&#8220;It  was unbelievably difficult. Gael was very unpredictable  and he  was  hitting  the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Djokovic holds off Monfils for fifth season crown</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/16/djokovic-holds-off-monfils-for-fifth-season-crown-46856/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Novak Djokovic battled to his fifth tennis title of the season winning the Paris Masters 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3) over Gael Monfils.
The third seed added honours at the Bercy Arena here Sunday to his Basle trophy a week ago over Roger Federer as he triumphed in just under three hours on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wickmayer and Malisse launch legal attack on WADA; Whereabouts rules under threat</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/15/wickmayer-and-malisse-launch-legal-attack-on-wada-whereabouts-rules-under-threat-46625/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Wickmayer and Malisse launch legal attack on WADA

BRUSSELS — Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Victory at the European Commission in Brussels and the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights could force WADA to change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murray determined to end tennis season on a high note</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/15/murray-determined-to-end-tennis-season-on-a-high-note-46585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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LONDON - Ace tennis player Andy Murray is determined to end the playing season on a high note by winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.
The event, being held in the capital for the first time and featuring the world&#8217;s top eight players, starts at the O2 Arena.
Murray said: &#8220;Everyone wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somdev-Raja, Mankad-Huey out of Knoxville Challenger semis</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/somdev-raja-mankad-huey-out-of-knoxville-challenger-semis-46209/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE - The Indian challenge in the semifinals of the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger is over.

Indian pair Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja went down 2-6, 3-6 to South Africans  Raven Klaasen and Izak van der Merwe.	 	
India&#8217;s Harsh Mankad and Treat Conrad Huey, seeded second, lost 3-6, 6-7 (3) to Germany&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bopanna-Qureshi in Aachen doubles final</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/bopanna-qureshi-in-aachen-doubles-final-46208/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AACHEN - India&#8217;s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan&#8217;s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has entered the doubles final of the 42,500 euro Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger. 

The second-seeded India-Pakistan pair beat Swiss Yves Allegro and Lovro Zovko of Croatia 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals here Friday. 	 	
Bopanna and Qureshi next plays winner of the match between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Indians into second round of Pune ITF</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/three-indians-into-second-round-of-pune-itf-46193/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pune, Nov 14 (IANS India&#8217;s Shweta Kumari Solanki, Sonya Dayal and Tanvi Shah survived hiccups to move into the second round of the qualifiers in the $50,000 NECC-ITF Womens Tennis championships organised by the Deccan Gymkhana on their club courts.

In the first round of the qualifying, Shweta scraped past Treta Bhattacharyya 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rafael Nadal downs defending champ Tsonga in Paris; faces Djokovic in semifinals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/rafael-nadal-downs-defending-champ-tsonga-in-paris-faces-djokovic-in-semifinals-45919/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Petrequin</dc:creator>
		
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PARIS — Rafael Nadal gained a semifinal matchup against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Masters with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday.
Nadal played his best tennis of the week and ended Tsonga&#8217;s hopes of qualifying for the eight-man ATP World Tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somdev, Raja in ATP Challenger semifinals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/somdev-raja-in-atp-challenger-semifinals-45890/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knoxville,TENNESSE - India&#8217;s Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja moved into the semi-finals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger tennis here with an upset victory over Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble.

Somdev and Raja went past third-seeded Australian pair 6-3, 6-1 and set-up a semifinal meeting with South African pair Raven Klaasen and Izak Van der Merwe.	 	
Second-seeded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tired Murray exists Paris Masters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/tired-murray-exists-paris-masters-45832/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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PARIS - British tennis player Andy Murray exhibited the after-effects of a late night when Czech Radek Stepanek dumped him out of the Paris Masters.
The Scot had earlier completed his three-set victory over James Blake at 1.45am, got to bed at 4am and was back on court by 5.45pm to face Stepanek.
&#8220;I said last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davydenko makes year-end field, Nadal reaches last eight</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/davydenko-makes-year-end-field-nadal-reaches-last-eight-45825/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Nikolay Davydenko claimed the penultimate spot in the ATP year-end field, as a loss by Spain&#8217;s Fernando Verdasco at the Paris Masters guaranteed the Russian a place in the concluding tennis tournament.
Second seed Rafael Nadal reached the last eight as he won a tight contest against fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo, 6-3, 3-6, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davydenko makes year-end finals field; four chase last spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Nikolay Davydenko Thursday claimed the penultimate spot in ATP year-end field, as a loss by Spain&#8217;s Fernando Verdasco at the Paris Masters guaranteed the Russian a place in the tournament.
Davydenko lost to Swede Robin Soderling 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in their third-round clash. But a later defeat by Fernando Verdasco 3-6, 6-3, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andy Murray loses to Radek Stepanek in 3rd round of Paris Masters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/12/andy-murray-loses-to-radek-stepanek-in-3rd-round-of-paris-masters-45658/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Petrequin</dc:creator>
		
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Murray loses to Stepanek at Paris Masters
PARIS — A tired Andy Murray lost to Radek Stepanek 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Thursday in the third round of the Paris Masters.
The fourth-seeded Murray looked sluggish in the last two sets and couldn&#8217;t overcome a lack of sleep following his three-set win over James Blake that ended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yanina Wickmayer says drug-testing rules weren&#8217;t explained, 1-year ban is unfair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Wielaard</dc:creator>
		
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Wickmayer says drug-test rules weren&#8217;t explained

BRUSSELS — Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer says she was never properly informed of the online reporting requirements for drug-testing that led to her one-year ban from the sport.
At a tearful news conference Thursday, the 20-year-old U.S. Open semifinalist accused the World Anti-Doping Agency and Belgian sports authorities of treating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somdev, Prakash lose in Knoxville Challenger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE - India&#8217;s Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj lost their opening round matches in the ATP Challenger tennis here.

Somdev, seeded sixth, went down to Roko Karanusic of Croatia 6-7 (8), 3-6 while Prakash Amritraj lost to South Africa&#8217;s Izak Van der Merwe 3-6, 2-6 in the $50,000 hard court event.	 	
Somdev, however, cleared the doubles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scott denies relationship with Ivanovic affecting his game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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SYDNEY - American golfer Adam Scott has denied  that his  relationship  with  Serbian  tennis  star  Ana  Ivanovic  is affecting his game.
With his world ranking plunging from a career-high No.3 to No.62, assumptions  are being made that his relationship  with  Ivanovic had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oz tennis great Newcombe serves up some love for Agassi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/12/oz-tennis-great-newcombe-serves-up-some-love-for-agassi-45554/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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SYDNEY - Australian tennis great John Newcombe believes that former US tennis legend Andre Agassi is copping too much criticism for revealing that he lied about taking drugs during his playing career, and says that some support needs to given.
&#8220;Just a little show of support because there are a lot of people criticising him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federer stalls in Paris with upset loss to Frenchman</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/federer-stalls-in-paris-with-upset-loss-to-frenchman-45435/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Top seed Roger Federer exited the last tournament of the ATP regular season in disappointing style, taking a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 second-round loss to Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday at the Paris Masters.
The Swiss, who was beaten in the Sunday final of his home event in Basle by Novak Djokovic, lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federer loses in second round of Paris Masters; Del Potro ends Marat Safin&#8217;s career</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Petrequin</dc:creator>
		
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Federer loses in second round of Paris Masters
PARIS — Top-ranked Roger Federer lost to Julien Benneteau of France 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday, continuing his miserable run at the indoor event.
The 15-time Grand Slam champion has never been further than the quarterfinals in seven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marat Safin ends 12-year career in Paris; known for 2 Grand Slam wins and rants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Petrequin</dc:creator>
		
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Safin bids farewell to tennis in Paris
PARIS — Known for furious, racket-throwing rants, Marat Safin would rather be remembered for the hard work he put in during a 12-year career marked by two Grand Slam titles and a Davis Cup win.

The former No. 1 ended his career Wednesday after losing to Juan Martin del Potro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot Pen ending partnership with tennis tournament after next year</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/pilot-pen-ending-partnership-with-tennis-tournament-after-next-year-45348/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Pilot Pen Tennis seeking new sponsor
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale is seeking a new title sponsor for the 2011 tournament and beyond.

Pilot Pen Corporation, entering its 15th year as the title sponsor, will end its partnership with the tournament after the 2010 event. Company officials called the move a difficult decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former No. 1 Marat Safin ends career with loss to Juan Martin Del Potro at Paris Masters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/former-no-1-marat-safin-ends-career-with-loss-to-juan-martin-del-potro-at-paris-masters-45343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Safin ends career with 2nd round loss in Paris

PARIS — Marat Safin ended his career Wednesday after losing to Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters.
The 29-year-old Safin, a two-time Grand Slam title winner, put on a solid performance on center court but couldn&#8217;t overcome the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Gasquet gives cocaine-kiss evidence to CAS hearing; doping verdict expected next month</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/richard-gasquet-gives-cocaine-kiss-evidence-to-cas-hearing-doping-verdict-expected-next-month-45146/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Gasquet gives cocaine-kiss evidence to CAS hearing

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — French tennis player Richard Gasquet will learn within a month if he has been banned after testing positive for cocaine.
Gasquet told the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday that he failed a drug test in March because he kissed a woman in a nightclub who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anil Khanna calls for exclusive Asian tennis circuit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/anil-khanna-calls-for-exclusive-asian-tennis-circuit-45132/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - All India Tennis Association (AITA) secretary general Anil Khanna Monday yet again made a strong case for an exclusive Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) circuit for Asia so that the players in the region could benefit.

It is a costly affair for players from India and other Asian countries to travel to Europe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agassi believes Murray will win a grand-slam tournament</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Tennis star Andre Agassi, who is embroiled in a controversy over his admission of taking drugs, believes that Andy Murray will win a grand-slam tournament and that it will pave the way to &#8220;a multitude of them&#8221;.

&#8220;Murray has a self inflicting tortured spirit about him when he&#8217;s on the court. In the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murray&#8217;s feels like an old man after Valencia Open triumph</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - An aching British tennis star Andy Murray has said that his Valencia Open triumph at the weekend has left him &#8220;feeling like an old man&#8221;.

Murray, 22, roared back after six weeks out with a wrist injury to beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-2 and claim his sixth title of the year.
World No 4 [...]]]></description>
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