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			<title><![CDATA[Can Djokovic complete a calendar Grand Slam?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/185/can-djokovic-complete-a-calendar-grand-slam/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I know it's early days but if Djokovic was to win at Roland Garros who thinks he has a chance to then go on and win a calendar Grand Slam?
His dream is to be World No.1 and Wimbledon champion, maybe he just might make both dreams become reality this year!]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Don)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My Best Men's Result So Far! :)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well that's the French Open done for another year everybody!
How did everyone fair in the comps?
I had my best result since I have been on board:
Men's Comp - 26th (Top 5%) My Best Result so far :) Thanks to Rafa winning!
Women's Comp - 550th (Bottom 30%) Not my worst but close to it :( tossing a coin for Wimby....haha!
Men's & Women's - 146th Women let me down, should have tossed the coin!
Extreme Tennis - 10th Made a late charge thanks to Rafa!

How did all my Forum buddies do??
DonD I know you missed this one but you probably dodged a bullet missing the women's comp anyway....lol!]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Arvis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Choose your upset pick for the Men's French Open Semi's!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/184/choose-your-upset-pick-for-the-mens-french-open-semis/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok tennis fans, which player do you pick outside of the top 4 to make the semi's at Roland Garros this year?
I guess it depends a lot on how the draw comes out, the obvious candidates are Soderling, Berdych and Ferrer, anybody got any outsiders who could make it all the way to the semis?
My outside pick would be Richard Gasquet, he can be a bit up and down but if he gets a reasonable draw the home crowd will spur him on I think, what does everybody else think?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Don)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Most Impressive? Most disappointing?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/197/most-impressive-most-disappointing/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Who has impressed you the most so far in RG 2011?
And who has disappointed you the most?
For me it's been Djokovic and Federer that have been impressive so far, no surprises there I guess, they are both class acts, in the women's I liked the way Schiavone attacked her opening match too.
By far the most disappointing for me is Ernests Gulbis, going down in straight sets to Blaz Kavcic, what the hell has happened with this talented guy?
He was being touted as a potential top 10 player a few years ago, I just think he can't really be bothered with all the tournaments and the whole travel thing, such a waste really.
At least Berdych fought hard to stave off being knocked out in the 1st round!]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Adrian)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Changed Pick's - Any Regret's??]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/206/changed-picks-any-regrets/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Now that we have reached the last 8 does anybody want to confess to changing their pick's, any regret's?
I originally picked Chela on my team, I swapped him for Montanes at the last moment...... Grrrrr!
I toyed with the idea of taking them both but thought Chela would meet Melzer in Round 3 and go no further, I thought Montanes was more capable of making it to the 4th round which he ultimately did, would have been great to have had them both. I did swap Murray for Melzer though which helped my cause since Jurgen got dumped out in Round 2.
I did think about taking Fognini against Montanes in the 4th round so I would pick up point's no matter who won but decided to go for broke and get the extra points, hoping Montanes would clean him up. :(
I changed my thoughts about Chela in the 4th round match against Falla too, I thought Falla might just sneak it so I took him instead, I wasn't too far off guessing right but should have stuck with my original gut feeling and gone with Chela.
As for Monfils against Ferrer, that was always going to be tough to pick, if I had less points I probably would have gone for Monfils but I went for the safe option and took Ferrer :(
And lastly Murray v Troicki, I only went for Troicki bcoz I thought Murray's ankle wouldn't hold up, look's like I might be wrong on that one too... oh well at least I have him on my team still :)
Anyone else have any regret's??]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Adrian)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Murray's draw]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/203/murrays-draw/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Murray has a vary easy draw,and he could easaly end up in the sami finals.You all now that.I just have a feeling that he dos not deserves sami final by the way he's playing.If he was in position of Djoković,third round against Del Potro would be the end of RG for him.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Tono)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 10:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[HERE WE GOOOO!!!!!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/126/here-we-goooo/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Its comin!!!! the french open is coming over the horizon!! what are all of you all's predictions????? It ought to be a very intruiging tournament.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (tennisguy44349)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 03:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How great is Nadal on clay?  Check it out!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/143/how-great-is-nadal-on-clay-check-it-out/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rafa Nadal is back! The real #1 player is back to #1 after recovering from knee tendonitis. Wimbledon should be interesting this year.

But before we get to that, this seems to me a good time to review what Rafa has done the past 6 years on clay, because it is beyond amazing. His overall record on clay during the period 2005-present is 177-6. Really.  I kid you not.

In 2005, the year Nadal broke onto the scene and rose like a rocket through the men’s rankings, Rafa went 50-2 on clay!!! Way too many matches no doubt — but after all, even the Nadal camp didn’t know he would be THAT successful that fast. His first loss came to Gaston Gaudio in the quarters of the first clay court event of the year, in early February in Buenos Aires. His other loss came to Igor Andreev in the quarters of the first European clay court tourney of the year, Valencia. Rafa then won Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome, Roland Garros, Bastad and Stuttgart to end the clay season with 34 straight victories. Not bad. He turned 19 at RG that year.

Just like this year, in 2006 Rafa was undefeated on clay.

In 2007, Rafa lost only one match on clay — ending the longest clay court winning streak of all time, during which Rafa won 13 straight tournaments and 81 straight matches -- to Federer in the Hamburg final. An exhausted Rafa frankly ran out of gas and was bageled by Roger in the third set. That will never happen again, I predict.

In 2008, Rafa again lost only one match, to Ferrero at Rome, when Rafa had awful blisters on his feet that very greatly limited his mobility.

Last year, he lost two clay court matches: his famous loss to Soderling in the Roland Garros R16, and to Federer in the Madrid final (just after his SF marathon with Djokovic). In both of those losses, Rafa’s mobility was limited due to his knees — though both players still had to play amazing tennis to beat him.

In 2008 and again this year, Rafa won Roland Garros without dropping a set. That had happened only three times before in the open era — Borg in 1978 and 1980 and (nearly unbelievably) Nastase in 1973. I fearlessly predict that the 6th time that happens, it will again be Rafael Nadal who does it.

Now that his knees are back to OK and he’s limiting his play, hopefully we will be able to enjoy many more years of unparalleled greatness from this young man who just turned 24 and has already established himself as — unquestionably and by far — one of the two greatest clay court players in the history of the game.

Six losses on clay in the last six years. Since the loss to Andreev in 2005, a clay court record of 161-4.
161-4??? You’ve got to be kidding me!!! Not even Borg has stats to match that.

Here’s what’s even more disconcerting for the other players: 3 of Rafa’s 4 losses on clay in the last 5+ years (the only losses since 2007) were due to injury and the other was due to exhaustion!!! Compare Rafa’s movement around the court this year to his movement when he lost to Federer and Soderling last year, and I think you’ll agree that was the difference. If you’ve never seen photos of Rafa’s feet at Rome in 2008, I hope you never do. It’s hideous.

So you have to be a great player playing your best — and get Rafa when he’s not 100% — to have any chance whatsoever to win, and even then you probably lose. That’s so dominant, I’ll go this far with it:

The extent and degree of Rafa Nadal’s dominance on clay for the last 5+ years — a time when the sport had FAR more excellent players than at any time in the past — is utterly unparalleled by any athlete in ANY sport, ever.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (tennisguy44349)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 22:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[OUCH!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/133/ouch/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In making my picks, I felt I had done brilliantly with my 3 non-top-16-seed men's picks.  

I liked Baghdatis' draw, so I took him, but I was FAR more excited about the chances of Ernsts Gulbis, who has nearly unlimited potential and who has started to come into his own this clay court season.  So guess what?  He retired in the first round with a thigh injury.  Lovely.  OUCH!

I thought my smartest pick of all was Richard Gasquet, who comes off an impressive win of the tourney in Nice last week, including a victory over Verdasco in the final.  Gasquet is, at his best, a great clay court player, though a bit of a head case.  He drew Murray in the first round.  Clay is BY FAR Murray's worst surface, and he had been utterly atrocious throughout the clay season, playing like a journeyman at best.  

Man, did I feel smart when Gasquet came out and won the first two sets.  After beating Murray, the draw was wide open to the round of 16 and maybe the quarters.  But nooooooooo!!!  Utilizing, I'm sure, all his grit, conditioning and cleverness, Murray somehow managed to come back and win in 5 sets.  AAAUUUGGGHHH!!!    

Well, folks, I should have read the rules.  I probably would have taken Gasquet anyway, but I sure was surprised about the -16 points!  OUCH again!  

And then there's Azarenka.  Since I follow the men's game far more closely, I was blissfully unaware she had been fighting through injury.  Her game failed to show up at all, and she was embarrassed by a poor player in the first round.  OUCH yet again!

So my teams are in trouble this time.  I hope to do better with my Wimbledon picks.  

But, I gotta warn ya -- watch out come the 4th round at Roland Garros, because Dropshot Kings will rule!]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (yuanyelss)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[French Open 2010 Women's Draw?? Who to choose?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/131/french-open-2010-womens-draw-who-to-choose/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm looking at the women's draw, and some players have it tough. Henin, one of my top picks, has to get through Sharapova and Serena - both very tough players. So I don't think Henin will make it to the finals this year. The second half of the draw looks easier to me, especially since Venus does not do well on clay. I think Wozniacki has a good shot, and perhaps Dementieva.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Don)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soderling or Nadal??]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/142/soderling-or-nadal/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Soderling and Nadal are playing amazing tennis. So if they both make it to the finals (which is very likely), then who will win? Nadal is great, but at this time I would pick Soderling to win that match. Maybe i'm crazy, but he dismantled Fed the other day and looked unbeatable.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Don)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Second week TV coverage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/140/second-week-tv-coverage/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Second week TV coverage of Roland Garros is abominable. I can't stand these contractual obligations to show matches on different networks. Last year Tennis Channel was showing live coverage of other matches when Nadal went down and Federer went 5 with Del Potro. Because NBC had the contract to show the matches, the Tennis Channel commentators couldn't even say a word about either match. Instead, everyone had to wait 3-4 hours until the matches were over for NBC to air them, and by that time everyone knew the outcomes. This is continuing again this year. You couldn't watch the Federer-Wawrinka match live yesterday on Tennis Channel, ESPN or NBC, and today coverage of the Almagro-Verdasco match (which started on Tennis Channel) is cut off and although it is still going on, ESPN 2 is showing the Djokovic-Ginepri match that happened hours ago.

I already pay my cable provider extra for sports channels, and I just think this is embarrassing. Between NBC, ESPN 2 and the Tennis Channel, nobody can show live coverage of Federer in the semis or Nadal losing his first ever match at Roland Garros? Is anyone else in the same boat I'm in with the horrible coverage?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Don)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federer lost to Soderling!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/141/federer-lost-to-soderling/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow, I can't believe after 12 straight wins against Soderling that Federer lost in 4 sets in the QF. Not only does this end his winning streak against Soderling, but his streak of 23 consecutive semifinal appearances is also over. Soderling played amazing tennis - hitting and serving as hard as is possible on clay - while Fed seemed a bit tired, and could not come up with an answer for the powerful shots coming his way. It was a well deserved win by Soderling, and another exciting upset by him as well at the French.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (gTennis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[OMG!  RG Upsets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/139/omg-rg-upsets/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[OK, just like every other year at RG, major upsets occur.  So far, it hasn't been anything as crazy as Nadal losing at RG for the first time, like last year, but today we got the first truly stunning upset of the tourney on the men's side.  And, no, it wasn't Gabashvili dismantling Roddick, though it was a bad loss for Andy and a bizarre result any way you look at it.  Tough day to play, though.  

The most preposterous result in my opinion was David Ferrer getting taken out in straight sets by Jurgen Melzer.  Melzer actually bageled him in the second!  David Ferrer is a guy against whom you have to earn it.  He does not give away many points, much less matches.  He's one of the best clay court players in the world.  I was certain he'd make the quarters.  This is an astonishing result.  I would have to imagine that Melzer was on fire.  Considering the cold and the wind, that's particularly amazing.

So now we've got a R16 match between Gabashvili and Melzer!!!  It's why you have to love the French Open.  Right?

Nearly as unexpected was Robbie Ginepri's victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero.  Way to go, Robbie!  Nice win.  Hopefully this will keep him on the tour another year as John McEnroe suggested.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Don)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 23:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Future of Roland Garros]]></title>
			<link>http://www.grandslamfantasytennis.com/forum/topic/138/the-future-of-roland-garros/new/posts/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What do people think about the possibility of moving Roland Garros? I discussed this in one of my recent blogs and Ican't help but think (the sentimental fool that I am) that it would be tragic to see the event have to move. 

Then again, I suppose all tennis organisations have to move with times. It just seems such a shame....]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 19:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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