Posted: Monday June 16, 2008 2:53PM; Updated: Monday June 16, 2008 3:16PM
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Roger Federer Back on the grass, Federer shows no ill effects from the Paris beatdown and takes the Halle title yet again, beating Philipp (Wimbledon dark horse) Kohlschreiber in the final.
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Rafael Nadal The "Wimbledon favorite" talk will only amplify after Nadal beat Roddick and Djokovic en route to winning the Artois Championships.
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Kateryna Bondarenko Second half of Ukrainian sister act wins her first WTA title, taking Birmingham event. Her opponent in the final was Yanina Wickmayer, suggesting reports of Belgium's tennis demise might be exaggerated.
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Nikolay Davydenko Russian wins the Orange Warsaw Open, beating Tommy Robredo in the final. A title is a title but one would be within their rights to wonder why Davydenko and others are playing a clay event a week before Wimbledon.
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Maria Kirilenko Again, we might question why a player with credible Wimbledon aspirations is playing a clay event, but let the record show that Kirilenko won the Barcelona title. In the final, she beat María José Martínez Sánchez, 6-0, 6-2, meaning the losing finalist had twice as many names as games.
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Jim Courier and Monica Seles The retired stars will be celebrating by appearing in New York Thursday at various HSBC locations. |
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Wimbledon Suicide Pool Everyone in here. |
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Doubles winners Nestor and Zimonjic at Queen's Club. Youzhny and Zverev in Halle. Domínguez Lino and Parra Santonja in Barcelona. Black and Huber (the American) in Birmingham.
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Andy Murray Wins a few matches at Queens but withdraws with a thumb injury.
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Nicole Vaidisova Struggling star wins a few matches in Birmingham, but then gets pasted by Bethanie Mattek.
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