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Maria Kirilenko talks about her winning the double at the Estoril Open while Maria Sharapova plays tennis with David Letterman and Billy Crystal.

Once again on the futures circuit this week, another former ATP standout bravely swallowed his pride and started back at square one in the hopes of turning back the clock.

We are now two months into the 2008 tennis season and who would have thought that by this point Roger Federer would have exactly zero titles to his name?

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week, Bob summarizes the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Calif., and other happenings around the game.

Bill Mountford’s much celebrated column “Ask Bill” starts this week on TennisGrandStand.com.

A comprehensive preview for the tournaments that are being played this week. First up is Dubai that features prominent players such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. And then there is the tournament in Las Vegas. It doesn’t have the starpower of Dubai but it’s still an interesting one feating Fernando Gonzalez among others.
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It’s becoming a regular pattern, and – for now at least – a small crisis for Andy Murray and his camp: a fine tournament win followed by a weak first round loss to a journeyman.

The 7th week of the ATP Tour is coming up and so here is another preview. The preview includes Buenos Aires (Argentina), ABN Amro in Rotterdam (Netherlands), San Jose (USA).

This week: “Melo and Yellow”, a Japanese phenom, and Judy Murray is one proud mama. Plus, a racquet encrusted with 2008 diamonds.

This weekend’s Davis Cup tie between Argentina and Great Britain was always going to be difficult. Since that glorious weekend in late September when Tim Henman bowed out of the game after sending his country back into the higher echelons of the competition, Argentina have been looming.
The joy soon turned to a knowing dread that [...]