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KEY WIN FOR KEI IN SARASOTA

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Kei Nishikori beat Brian Dabul of Argentina 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday in the final of the Sarasota Challenger in Sarasota, Fla. The tournament marked the Japanese star’s fifth tournament back following his elbow surgery.

The win is also Nishikori’s second challenger win in a row after after winning the Savannah Challenger last week. He is now 10-0 on clay this year.Nishkori is hoping to get into the main draw of the French Open, which starts next Sunday in Paris.

“Kei is hoping he will sneak into the main draw of the French Open and we will know more about this in the next couple of days,” said his agent Olivier van Lindonk or the International Management Group.

Robbie Koenig Blog From London: The Gladiators Rule

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It’s been a couple of days into the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London and we’ve all had a chance to view the Gladiators! All I can say is that what I saw from Nikolay Davydenko this evening was a masterclass in the truest sense of the word! The guy was unplayable against Rafael Nadal.

Same can be said for Roger Federer in his last set against Andy Murray, the only difference there though, was that Rafa played a lot better than Andy did.

What about the “Viking” from Sweden – Robin Soderling – gatecrashing the party. He’s been great….and don’t say I didn’t warn you! (check out my first blog)

Not sure what to expect going forward, but I think its gonna be Roger, Andy, Soderling and…….. Davydenko.

Everything has gone very well this week. One small hiccup last night when our satellite dish got moved by some strong winds (they weigh like a ton virtually!) and BBC lost the signal for 9 minutes…..that’s a first!

It’s late here, gotta get some sleep… “Bye for now”davydenko-london