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Finally…
 
An American, male tennis player has given us reason to cheer. In the Quarterfinals of the Olympics, James Blake, winner of one set in eight previous matches against Federer, managed to beat current world number 1 (albeit for only a few more days) in straight sets to advance to the semifinals in Beijing. He will next face Fernando Gonzalez, with the winner earning the right to play for a ...

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Changes At the Top
 
When the new Sony Ericsson WTA rankings come out this Monday, Jelena Jankovic will have replaced her Serbian compatriot, Ana Ivanovic, as the number one ranked player in the world. Talk about backing into the top spot…Jankovic has really done nothing of note this year except her win in Rome, and yet somehow she is the best player in the world? She has made the semifinals and round of ...

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Shaking up the Sports World
 
Well, August is upon us, and things are starting to get crazy. Manny Ramirez was traded yesterday, and in about 48 hours, Rafael Nadal could supplant Roger Federer as the ATP. No. 1 ranked tennis player in the world. With Federer losing to Karlovic in the round of 16, if Nadal can win Cincinnati this weekend, he will end Federer’s reign of 235 weeks at No. 1. And even if he ...

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Friday Headlines
 
Well, Federer, Blake and Roddick are all out of Toronto before the weekend. One of the Semi’s will be Indy champ Gilles Simon against German vet Nicolas Kiefer. The other semi will be decided tonight, after Nadal takes on Gasquet, and Djokovic (defending champion) will play Andy Murray. To hold you over until the exciting weekend, here are some links to enjoy: Bodo on Federer and ...

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Random Tennis News
 
Two big events going on this week, Toronto (a Masters) for the Men, and Los Angeles for the Women, so I will have more to report on these results later in the week, for now here is an assortment of random links and tennis news: - There has been no settlement reached beteween the Hamburg Masters Event and the ATP. Details can be read here . Obviously, Hamburg will not be happy unless the ...

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