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Much talk has been made of 36-year-old Fabrice Santoro starting to fade into twilight of his career, but the French magician has started 2009 strong.  He beat Juan Carlos Ferrero in the first round of the Australian Open and upset No. 32 seed Philip Kohlschreiber in the second, outlasting the German player eleven years his junior in five sets.  Santoro now plays [...]

Arnaud Clement, loser to Rainer Schuettler 8-6 in the fifth set of a quarterfinal match Thursday, missed by sixteen minutes adding his name to the history books for the longest match ever played at Wimbledon in the Open Era. The match lasted five hours, 12 minutes; according to Radio Wimbledon, the longest match is [...]

Rafa is rearing to go all the way.  I think that Radek Stepanek with his all-court game will run into Nadal in the round of 16, and will give him more trouble than most, but I don’t think anyone can beat Rafa this year, not even the Fed.  Having a special logo with [...]