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<title><![CDATA[Opening day at Strasbourg International washed out]]></title>
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Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 20, 2013 10:26:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tommy Robredo, Blaz Kavcic advance on red clay in Morocco]]></title>
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Former top-five player Tommy Robredo of Spain and Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia won the only first-round matches at the Grand Prix Hassan II on Monday.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 08, 2013 08:38:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top two seeds ousted in first round of Dallas Tennis Classic]]></title>
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The top two seeds in the $125,000 Dallas Tennis Classic were ousted in their first-round matches.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 14, 2013 02:42:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thomaz Bellucci advances to second round of Brazil Open]]></title>
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Fifth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci beat Brazilian countryman Guilherme Clezar 7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-6 (1) on Tuesday in the first round of the Brazil Open.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 12, 2013 13:36:01 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[American Sloane Stephens out of Fed Cup for ab injury]]></title>
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Sloane Stephens is pulling out of the U.S. Fed Cup team's upcoming first-round matches against Italy because of a strained abdominal muscle.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 03, 2013 07:41:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nicolas Almagro to miss Spain's Davis Cup opener vs. Canada]]></title>
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Nicolas Almagro has withdrawn from Spain's Davis Cup first-round matches against Canada because of an injury.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 26, 2013 03:51:25 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Troicki, Nieminen win openers at Thailand Open]]></title>
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Former finalists Viktor Troicki of Serbia and Finland's Jarkko Nieminen each won first-round matches Tuesday at the Thailand Open.]]></description>
<pubDate>September 25, 2012 03:45:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mikhail Youzhny beats Vasek Pospisil at St. Petersburg]]></title>
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Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia beat Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-6 (4), 6-1 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the St. Petersburg Open.]]></description>
<pubDate>September 18, 2012 07:54:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viktor Troicki, Jeremy Chardy win at Rogers Cup]]></title>
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Updates with results. Adds new AP Photos.]]></description>
<pubDate>August 06, 2012 14:48:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 French Open -- Serena Williams wilts as Virginie Razzano wins French stunner]]></title>
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Serena Williams lost in the first round of a major tournament for the first time, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 Tuesday at the French Open.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 29, 2012 01:55:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No trouble for defending champion Jelena Dokic in Malaysia opener]]></title>
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Defending champion Jelena Dokic of Australia and fifth-seeded Petra Martic of Croatia won first-round matches Monday at the Malaysian Open.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 27, 2012 05:26:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top-seeded Roberta Vinci moves into second round at Monterrey Open]]></title>
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Top-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy reached the second round of the Monterrey Open on Monday with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Coco Vandeweghe of the United States.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 20, 2012 16:42:12 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Igor Sijsling, Benoit Paire reach 2nd round at Moselle Open]]></title>
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France's Nicolas Mahut and Belgium's Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus won their first-round matches at the Moselle Open on Tuesday.]]></description>
<pubDate>September 20, 2011 07:30:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal to face American John Isner in French Open's first round]]></title>
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Defending French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Francesca Schiavone were given first-round matches in Friday's draw against Americans who own a combined two career match wins at Roland Garros.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 20, 2011 01:24:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny advances at BMW Open]]></title>
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Mikhail Youzhny has opened his title defense at the BMW Open with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over German wild card Matthias Bachinger.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 25, 2011 05:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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