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American James Blake had a rough, but good start at the BNP Paribas Masters today. Blake defeated Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-7(3), 7(4)-6, 6-1. This win enables Blake to remain in contention for one of the two remaining spots in Madrid. Here's hoping!










Earlier in the day Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was not so fortunate. He went down in defeat to fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6(3).


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American Ahsha Rolle withdrew from the tier III Bell Challenge in Quebec City, Canada with a right knee sprain.

Hopefully she'll be healed and ready for the new year and the Australian Open.



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Personally, I find this new saga of Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sebastien Grosjean quite amusing! Lately they've been playing doubles together, and doing well I might add. It was Grosjean that knocked Tsonga out of the singles draw in Lyon last week and the two of them won the doubles title in the same tournament.

Turn around today and Tsonga knocks Grosjean out of the singles draw of the BNP Paribas Masters and the two of them win their doubles match against Allegro and Linstedt.

They should keep this up, it's entertaining!

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In my visits to new blogs recently I met Regina at Regina's Family Seasons. Regina has very kindly given me a treat that was bestowed upon her. Thank you Regina!


The point of this treat is to pass them out to new, random visitors on your blog to make new friends. I'll make some selections of my own very shortly Regina!

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BNP Paribas Masters
Paris, France
October 29-November 4, 2007
Round 1 - Singles

James Blake vs BYE

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs Sebastien Grosjean, FRA
(This is now funny!)

Round 2 - Doubles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA and Sebastien Grosjean, FR
vs
Yves Allegro, SUI and Robert Lindstedt, SWE

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Serena Williams arrives at the Louis Vuitton Gala celebrating the Murakami exhibition held at the Geffen Contemporary at Moca on October 28th, 2007 in Los Angeles, California

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Venus Williams, originally in seventh place in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships points standings, has been forced to withdraw. Following the incident of dizziness that she suffered at the US Open earlier this year, Venus underwent a series of tests, along with follow-up tests after returning from tournaments that she played in Asia in the fall, with her doctors' advice at this time to finalize the testing process and take a break from competitive play.

"This year has been a great one for many reasons," said the Wimbledon winner. "I am pleased that I finished the year in the top eight and in recent weeks I have remained optimistic about participating in the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships. Nevertheless, the accumulation of matches has taken its toll and I have received several medical opinions to delay my return to competitive tennis. As a result, I will miss the Sony Ericsson Championships. I look forward to playing in the New Year for what will hopefully be an even better 2008."

"This year's Sony Ericsson Championships will feature one of the very best fields in the tournament’s history, with so many compelling champions and rising stars," said Larry Scott, Chairman & CEO of the Tour.

Source - WTA

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