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Henin Can't Locate her Confidence in Safina Loss
Kuzy Gone, Ivanovic Survives; Serena, Federer, Djokovic Win
Unless she quickly rediscovers her form at Rome next week, top ranked Justine Henin will be hard pressed to defend her Roland Garros title. In her most stunning loss over the past year, the clay court lover was shocked 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 by Dinara Safina in Berlin, the first time that Russian had her way with her in five meetings.
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Clay-court schedule takes toll on Nadal

Injured Rafa loses to Ferrero; lashes out at De Villiers


FROM THE ITALIAN OPEN IN ROME – After complaining about the cramped up clay-court season this year for several weeks now, Rafael Nadal has now shown that he indeed can not run forever, going down to Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-1 in his first appearance of the week. The Spaniard was heavily troubled by a foot injury he sustained during a heavy recent schedule. Rafa won back-to-back titles in Monte Carlo and Barcelona these past two weeks.
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Roddick cruises over Fish

For TennisReporters.net subscribers onlyFederer 'in the groove' after caning Cañas


FROM THE ITALIAN OPEN IN ROME – It doesn't happen too often that Andy Roddick drops only five games in a dominant performance on clay. But, then again, he doesn't have to face a fellow American on dirt that frequently either. In his first clay-court match of the season, Roddick routed Mardy Fish 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the Italian Open.
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Belgian tennis player Justine Henin
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Hardcore clay season begins:
Tier Is in Rome, Berlin

Can anyone stop Rafa? Is Justine ready for primetime?


If Monte Carlo and Barcelona champ Rafael Nadal had a week off in between those two difficult draws and Rome, he'd be a standout favorite in Rome, where he is the three-time defending champion. But for the first time in his career, he'll attempt to win those three crowns without a breather and even for one of the most talented and tireless clay-courter ever, that mountain may be too big to climb.
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THE TR NEWSLETTER: FRIDAY, MAY 2, NO. 271

Sharapova hammers WTA over photo shoot

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova
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Maria: 'The tour does not care what any of the players think, not just top players.… I just could not just sit back anymore'


Maria Sharapova has long been considered one of the tour's most cooperative players when it comes to fulfilling media, sponsorship and fan requests, but the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour is now seriously butting heads with its most prized asset over an upcoming commercial shoot in Rome in a move that already caused damage to their relationship.
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Today's tennis news

THURSDAY, MAY 8- Clay-stained Saints Alive! An American man has a realistic chance to reach the final of clay court Masters Series.
On Thursday in the bottom half of the draw, Andy Roddick, busted up the last Italian, Simone Bolelli in a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory, and James Blake scored one of his most impressive clay court wins ever over Spain's Fernando Verdasco 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
Roddick is 7-0 against his quarterfinal foe, Tommy Robredo, who upset Nikolay Davydenko 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Blake will face Stanislas Wawrinka, who ended Juan Carlos Ferrero’s run 6-4, 6-3. The Swiss once took a terrific five-setter from Blake at Roland Garros. Neither Roddick nor Blake has ever reached a Masters Series final on clay, but in 2002, Blake reached the Rome quarters, while Roddick reached the semis.


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Crosscourt:
Matt and Tom Compare Eras
Matt Cronin and long time tennis correspondent for the Toronto Globe & Mail Tennis edition, Tom Tebbutt, take a look at some of the great rivalries of past eras and compare them to today. Roger Federer has not yet won a title this year and the feeling of some is that for the first time in years, he might be vulnerable yet with the exception of Nadal on clay and the recent emergence or Novak Djokovic, he's had the stage to himself. So how does he stack up? See what Matt and Tom have to say.

Training a
9-Year Old:
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Training—and the subsequent documentation—of his 9-year old daught, Kyla, over the past year and a half has been as revealing for Dave Smith as it has been for many of our readers who have been following her progress. While having taught tennis for over 30 years, this was the first time Dave documented, in real time, the improvements made by a student from the start as they go through the sometimes frustrating, uncomfortable, and challenging aspects associated with learning the game. This series is a blueprint for any parent.

On Improving Focus
Some people naturally “live in the moment and naturally focus well but for rest of us, it is a constant struggle. We implore ourselves to “Watch the Ball,” but all too often we lose focus just as we need it most, at ball impact. We’ll “Watch the ball” as we start the backswing, but lose it somewhere during the forward swing. Just before impact our minds seem to shift to the results we want instead of staying with the action needed to get those results. Exploring your focus might pay off in your game. Rolf Clark

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