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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Kramer -- tennis's most important person]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The decisions that Jack Kramer made had profound and lasting effects that are felt to this day. He was simply the center of the tennis universe.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 29, 2009 05:27:57 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Mount Rushmore's four titans]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Following grueling vetting and scrutinizing, here's why the quartet of Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of tennis.]]></description>
			<pubDate>July 20, 2009 11:19:35 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Tennis, rest a tricky balance]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Only fatigue and injury can cease Rafael Nadal's domination on clay. But in today's daunting schedule, finding time to refresh is more important than ever.]]></description>
			<pubDate>April 10, 2009 06:02:59 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: What we learned at Indian Wells]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While Roger Federer's waning will left him mired deeper in a sea of uncertainty, Rafael Nadal elevated his stature by waxing the Indian Wells field.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 23, 2009 09:06:00 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doubles play remains troubling for Nadal]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal is a voracious, well-oiled machine -- on the singles court. But his doubles prowess still leaves a little bit to be desired.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 18, 2009 10:21:18 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gimelstob learns lesson from reckless rhetoric]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Life after the racket hasn't come easy for Justin Gimelstob. An ascending television star, the former American journeyman pledges reform and a fresh start will free him from the reckless path he was heading down.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 11, 2008 06:33:05 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Year-End Championships: Super Bowl or All-Star Game?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The top players in the world are gathering at the tours' year-end championships. But what's really at stake? The pageantry of the events cannot be denied, but the outcomes will do little to alter tennis' pecking order.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 04, 2008 10:34:04 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Graf's "Golden Slam" arguably the greatest season in history]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pete Sampras led a quartet of American players who would all leave an indelible mark. But the third decade of the Open era was highlighted by a thoroughly dominating Steffi Graf, writes Joel Drucker.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 10, 2008 03:24:10 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: McEnroe Sr.'s visions unlikely to sit well with the ATP]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The search to replace a lame-duck CEO with someone who will lead the ATP into the 21st century and bring together separate-minded stakeholders is on. If a deregulated, free-for-all entity without accountability is what you're looking for, John McEnroe Sr. is your man.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 07, 2008 05:56:16 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Olympic tennis missing an opportunity to showcase itself]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In most sports, the Olympics present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an athlete to be a national hero. Tennis, however, is failing to take advantage of the camaraderie the Games offer and consequently marginalizing the buildup to the U.S. Open, writes Joel Drucker.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 04, 2008 10:11:40 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Healey the man of the hour at WTT]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While most top-tier players are competing at the Cincinnati Masters and preparing for the Olympics, others got their tennis fix by taking part in World Team Tennis -- in which rowdy, NASCAR-like fans, beer aplenty and playful banter between the players are the norm.]]></description>
			<pubDate>July 30, 2008 03:46:58 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The distress of a root canal easier than facing Santoro]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A wily 20-year veteran, Fabrice Santoro has the same passion and determination he had as a 16-year-old neophyte. Wielding a textured mix of spin and tactics, the Frenchman is still more than capable of putting his opponents through agony.]]></description>
			<pubDate>July 23, 2008 04:36:16 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tarango tantrum a lowlight the All England Club would soon like to forget]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oh, Mikhail, did you really think your graphite-laced tennis racket was going to take the brunt of the punishment after your self-inflicted skull-bashing? Well, it didn't, but our man Joel Drucker points out that this was not the only act of stupidity.]]></description>
			<pubDate>April 02, 2008 06:53:26 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Hewitt lacks flash but has determination aplenty]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Size doesn't matter -- just ask Lleyton Hewitt. Dwarfed by his 6-foot-4 opponent, Marat Safin, the Aussie's warrior-like tenacity ended the big guy's run in Las Vegas.]]></description>
			<pubDate>March 04, 2008 08:37:53 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drucker: Genetics not the only factor in Bryan brothers' success]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sure, Mike and Bob Bryan are blessed with athletic pedigree, deft hands and an extraordinary degree of choreography. But it's more than mere genetics that makes this sibling team the face of doubles on the tour.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 27, 2008 04:36:34 PST EST</pubDate>
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