Posted: Monday February 16, 2009 11:25AM; Updated: Monday February 16, 2009 3:30PM

Jon Wertheim

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Dimitrov registers as official flavor of February

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	Andy Murray Another week, another title. This time the Brit beats an exhausted Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rotterdam ABN AMRO event.


	Amelie Mauresmo What retirement plans? Mauresmo, 29, turns in one of her better performances in years, beating Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva to win the Paris Indoor.


	Radek Stepanek Veteran upsets Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish to win SAP title in San Jose. Now about that worm dance...


	Vera Zvonareva WTA's most underrated player wins her eighth career title, in Pattaya City final, beating Sania Mirza in the final.


	Marcos Baghdatis Props for taking a wild card into San Jose. Then falls 7-6 in the third to Sam Querrey. What is it about this guy and heartbreaking matches against local favorites?


	Doubles Winners Nestor and Zimonjic in Rotterdam. Shvedova and Tanasugarn in Pattaya City. Black and Huber in Paris.


	Ana Ivanovic Nice move hiring Craig Cardon as a coach. And nice to see that someone can still get a job in this economy!


	Tommy Robredo Spaniard wins both singles and doubles (with Marcel Gronollers) in Brazil.


	ITA Sportsmanship winners Stanford's Alex Clayton and Northwestern's Lauren Lui.


	Grigor Dimitrov This Bulgarian who took a set off of Rafael Nadal last week is officially tennis' Flavor of the Month for February.


	Lucie Hradecka Czech doubles expert beat veteran Eleni Daniilidou to win the Dow Corning Midland Challenger.


	Venus Williams She may not like politics, but good for her, taking a public stand in support of Shahar Peer.

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	Mary Carillo Someone that sounds a whole like her was broadcasting that Christopher Guest Westminster dog show last week.

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	United Arab Emirates Denies Israel's Shahar Peer a visa, precluding her from playing in Dubai event. Far as we're concerned this ought to cost them the sanction, end of story.


	WTA Hardly a profile in courage, releasing a statement expressing "regret" that one of its players was denied competing in a (lucrative) event on the basis of her nationality. Admittedly, hard to be cavalier about a $2 million event in these austere times. But what an opportunity to take a stand against bigotry. How about this statement: "It's simple: all eligible players are allowed to compete, or you don't get the privilege of hosting the tournament."