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The tournament will be held at the Sunrise Tennis Center March 16 - 23. “This is incredible, the strongest we have ever had and stronger than many ATP tour events this year. via PR-inside.com

“I played a solid first set, overall”
Top-seeded Andy Roddick successfully opened his bid for a second straight tournament victory, beating qualifier Gilles Muller 6-4, 7-6 on Wednesday night in the first round of the RMK Championships. via Fox Sports

Former champions Juan Ignacio Chela, Luis Horna and Agustin Calleri won their opening matches in straight sets at the Abierto Mexicano on Tuesday. via CBS SportsLine

“Yesterday I served 13 aces, today 12. I’m happy, working a lot in all of the facets of my tennis”
Sixth-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain reached his third straight quarterfinal on Latin America’s clay-court swing, beating Italy’s Filippo Volandri 6-3, 6-3 in the Mexican Open on Wednesday. via SI.com

Defending champion Tommy Haas was ousted by German compatriot Benjamin Becker 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the second round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships on Wednesday. via CBS Sportsline.com

“We get on well and we’ve known each other since we were 12″
SO THIS is where it all began. As Andy Murray books his final practise session before embarking on his French Open challenge, he can reflect on a remarkable year - and it was on the red-brick dust of Roland … via Scotland […]

“This is the strongest [field] we have ever had and stronger than many ATP tour events this year”
Rotterdam champion Michael Llodra, World No. 21 Ivo Karlovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Nicolas Kiefer, Vince Spadea, Gilles Simon, Sebastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clement are among the notable names entered into the … via Tennis Week

Top-ranked Justine Henin was stretched to the limit by Katarina Srebotnik, before beating the Slovenian qualifier 7-5, 6-7 , 6-3 to reach the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on Wednesday. via Asbury Park Press

“They were making a sudden noise during the rallies, which was disturbing, and I asked them to wait until the end of the rallies to do it”
Agence France-Presse DUBAI - World number four Jelena Jankovic spent almost the whole of a two-hour, 14-minute match trailing before narrowly surviving against Sania Mirza in the second […]

“I was a bit nervous at the start of the match [against Jidkova]”
Erakovic yesterday beat Alina Jidkova of Russia 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round and can expect a big improvement in her world ranking of 125. via Bay of Plenty Times

“It is what it is. It’s one of those things that you come in and you play hard and try to give what you can give and not worry about the things you can’t control.”
The Jacksonville Jaguars kept a second player off the free-agent market on Thursday, re-signing backup LB Tony Gilbert to a […]

“I have been coughing a lot and feeling tired, but I somehow played through there”
MARIA Sharapova pulled out of the Dubai Championships with a viral infection. The fifth-ranked Sharapova said on Tuesday she has been battling a virus for several days and that it has ‘reached a point where I’m … via The Straits […]

David Nalbandian , Argentina, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4. Doubles Championship Agustin Calleri, Argentina, and Luis Horna, Peru, def. via International Herald Tribune

Last Update: 2/26 10:24 pm Fourth-seeded Czech Radek Stepanek and fifth- seeded American Sam Querrey were among Tuesday’s first-round winners at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. via KCOY-TV Santa Maria

Former champions Juan Ignacio Chela, Carlos Moya, Luis Horna and Agustin Calleri won their opening matches in straight sets at the Abierto Mexicano on Tuesday. via CBS SportsLine

Former champions Juan Ignacio Chela, Luis Horna and Agustin Calleri won their opening matches in straight sets at the Abierto Mexicano on Tuesday. via CBS SportsLine

American James Blake pulled out of the Memphis ATP/WTA tournament on Monday, complaining of a knee injury. via CNN

“He didn’t feel well and he fought to the last point.”
Memphis tennisfirst round Haas feels at home Three-time RMKC winner comfortable in bumping Hartfield despite shoulder woes By Jim Masilak Tuesday, February 26, 2008 There’s something about Memphis that brings … via Memphis Commercial Appeal

New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic is through to the final round of qualifying at the Tier III WTA event in Memphis. via Newstalk ZB

“Unfortunately I have been battling a virus for several days and it’s reached a point where I’m unable to compete. It’s really disappointing”
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza returns to Russia’s Vera Dushevina during their WTA Dubai Open match in Dubai yesterday. via Gulf Times

“I am slowly regaining my rhythm and winning Paris was good for me, but that was indoors”
Sixth-ranked Anna Chakvetadze ended a two-match losing streak by beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Dubai Championships on Tuesday. via Fox Sports

Results Wednesday from the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, an 824,000 ATP event on indoor hardcourts at Ahoy Stadium : Singles First Round Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. via PR-inside.com

ZAGREB, Croatia : Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic was knocked out in the first round at the ATP Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday, losing 4-6, 7-6 , 6-2 to the 209th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. via International Herald Tribune

Sania Mirza and her Italian partner Francesca Schiavone have reached the quarter-finals of the $1,500,000 Braclays Dubai Tennis Championships after winning their first round encounter in straight sets. via The Times of India

“I think it would be a good result for me if I tie it this year.”
After embarrassing yet another high-profile player last week, Pete Sampras declared — for the umpteenth time — that he had no intentions of coming back. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“I was really excited to come to Dubai this week and was very much looking forward to playing the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships”
Maria Sharapova, who flew into Dubai earlier this week direct from a victory in Doha, has announced her withdrawal from the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships due to a viral illness. via Tennis […]

Third seed Tommy Haas, seen here in October 2007, came out with plenty of spark at the 769,000 dollar Memphis ATP/WTA tournament by beating Diego Hartfield 6-3, 6-2 in the opening round on Monday. via TurkishPress.com

David Nalbandian , Argentina, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4. Doubles Championship Agustin Calleri, Argentina, and Luis Horna, Peru, def. via International Herald Tribune

Results Monday from the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, a US$794,000 ATP event and US$185,000 WTA Tour event on clay at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess : Singles Men First Round Albert Montanes, Spain, def. via PR-inside.com

“I was hopeful it would get better with treatment. It’s pretty frustrating, but I need to get passed this and healthy for the rest of the year”
Defending champion Tommy Haas won his opening match of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, defeating Diego Hartfield 6-3, 6-2 on Monday night. via TSN.ca