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		<title>Nadal Believes He Can Recapture His Winning Ways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After defeating Rainer Schuettler in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, world No. 3 and defending champion Rafael Nadal told reporters that he believes he can recapture his dominance of the sport.
I asked Nadal during his post match presser yesterday how he viewed the current hard-court season, and if he was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/nadal-believes-he-can-recapture-his-winning-ways/</link>
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		<title>Murray Believes Davis Cup Captaincy Should be Decided by Players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Participating in the BNP Paribas Open this week in California, world No. 4 Andy Murray addressed the current Davis Cup woes that the LTA is encountering.
Murray told reporters that in the event that current Davis Cup captain John Lloyd is fired, the players of Great Britain should have a hand in choosing the next captain.
“It’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/murray-believes-davis-cup-captaincy-should-be-decided-by-players/</link>
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		<title>Harrison Becomes Youngest Winner Since Nadal at Indian Wells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Up-and-coming American Ryan Harrison became the youngest player since Rafael Nadal in 2004 to win a main draw match in Indian Wells.
Harrison, 17, defeated Taylor Dent in straight sets on Thursday, before losing in straight sets to Ivan Ljubicic on Saturday.
Possessing a solid backhand and fluid serve, Harrison&#8217;s forehand wing remains his liability.
I was impressed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/harrison-becomes-youngest-winner-since-nadal-at-indian-wells/</link>
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		<title>Federer Contemplates Calender Slam in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recovering from a recent lung injury he picked up the week before the Duabi Tennis Championships, world No. 1 Roger Federer told reporters at the BNP Paribas Open earlier this week that he was not ruling out the possibility of winning the calender Grand Slam.
“I can&#8217;t prepare in a different way just to win the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/federer-contemplates-calender-slam-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>IW: Moya Withdraws Before Second Round Match</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former world No. 1 Carlos Moya was forced to withdraw from his second round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday due to an aggravated foot injury.
Sidelined from the Tour for the greater part of 2009, Moya endured both foot and toe injuries throughout the season.
Seeing his ranking plummet to No. 639 in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/iw-moya-withdraws-before-second-round-match/</link>
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		<title>Safin Explains Why He Never Played in South America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making his Seniors Tour debut this week in Rio, Russian Marat Safin told the media that, &#8220;it is almost a comedy that I am back in such a short time.&#8221;
Excelling on hard-courts throughout this 13-year career, Safin gave reporters an explanation as to why rarely played in South America throughout his career.
&#8220;Early on the tour, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/safin-explains-why-he-never-played-in-south-america/</link>
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		<title>Davydenko Switches to Dunlop Rackets and Apparel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Defeating Ernests Gulbis in straight sets on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, Russian Nikolay Davydenko was seen sporting a new clothing sponsor.
Previously sponsored by Airness apparel, Davydenko was seen wearing a red Dunlop shirt during his second round Stadium 2 match.
Remaining with his previous Prince 03 racket for the time being, Dunlop racket sports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/davydenko-switches-to-dunlop-rackets-and-apparel/</link>
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		<title>Verdasco Switches Back to Tecnifibre Rackets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Current world No. 12 Fernando Verdasco began his BNP Paribas Open campaign on Saturday with his previous Tecnifibre TFlight 320 VO2 Max racket.
Changing racket manufactures to Yonex in February, Verdasco was successful in defeating Andy Roddick to capture the San Jose, California event.
However, losing some of the confidence he acquired by reaching the top 10 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/verdasco-switches-back-to-tecnifibre-rackets/</link>
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		<title>IW: Order of Play for March 14, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday&#8217;s order of play at the BNP Paribas Open will feature Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. For the complete order of play, click the official link below.
Order of Play for March 14, 2010.
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		<link>http://tennisconnected.com/home/2010/03/14/iw-order-of-play-for-march-14-2010/</link>
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		<title>IW: Djokovic Fights Past Fish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian Wells, CA—Former champion Novak Djokovic endured a strange match on Saturday evening in Palm Springs to defeat Mardy Fish 6-1, 0-6, 6-2.
Defeating the United States in Davis Cup action last week in Belgrade, Djokovic was visibly tired throughout his one hour and 42 minute victory.
Breaking Fish&#8217;s serve on two occasions in the first set, [...]]]></description>
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