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Blake pulls out of Memphis with sore knee
James Blake withdrew Monday from the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, citing a sore right knee that had been bothering him the past couple of weeks. Blake had been seeded second in the tournament but withdrew from Memphis for a second straight year because he said he felt he wouldn’t be able to play a competitive match. He reached the finals here in 2000 and was ninth in the ATP rankings Monday.

Dementieva, Safina, Bondarenko ino Dubai 2nd round
Eighth-seeded Elena Dementieva beat Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-0 Monday to advance to the second round of the Dubai Championships. Dementieva saved two set points in the first set and then breezed through the second after Schnyder had to take a medical time-out with a pulled right hamstring. “I knew it would be a tough opening match against Patty, and that’s how it turned out,” Dementieva said.

“Llodra , Soderling, Seppi and Haase have provided some damn good tennis this week” - DT
“Llodra , Soderling, Seppi and Haase have provided some damn good tennis this week” - DT

Murray & Mirnyi suffer shock loss
Jamie Murray and doubles partner Max Mirnyi are bundled out of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championship in the first round.

Federer plans decade of success
Roger Federer says he has no plans to retire early and wants to go on until he is 35.

Erratic Sharapova seals Qatar win
Maria Sharapova overcomes a second set wobble to beat Vera Zvonareva and take the Qatar Open title.

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