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David Nalbandian Scorches His Way Into Legg Mason Final, To Play Baghdatis

David Nalbandian has slipped to No. 117 in the world rankings, but his current ranking is not indicative of the Argentinean's talent or potential. The unseeded wild card showed exactly why on Saturday by easily advancing to the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. He defeated fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia in...

Roddick Wills Way Into ATC Semifinals

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- Andy Roddick didn't have to battle the same heat he faced on Thursday, but his opponent, Xavier Malisse, came to fight in the quarterfinal round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships. It took a come-from-behind three set effort to pull it off, but Roddick won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday. Roddick has had...

Tennis Authorities Sleeping While Odesnik Keeps Winning

It was a marked moment in history, an embarrassing low for tennis when they played a match Friday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships that we can bill only one way: The Battle of the Dopes. Wayne Odesnik, who will be suspended on an HGH charge whenever tennis' governing bodies untangle...

Sports-Doping Bureaucracy Failing Test

Bureaucratic BS is running amok. In one case, it has fingers in Belgium and Canada, England and Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. Yanina Wickmayer's case isn't about Yanina Wickmayer anymore. Oh, I'm sure it is in her world. But even bigger, and scarier, is an increasing focus of the entire sports-doping system. WADA,...

ITF Lifts Bans for Wickmayer, Malisse

LONDON -- U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer earned a major off-court victory Wednesday when officials lifted her one-year ban for violating anti-doping rules. The 20-year-old Belgian was banned in November for breaking World Anti-Doping Agency regulations by failing to report her whereabouts for drug testing three...

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05/23/12 Isner struggles past Malisse at Open de Nice Source: CBS - WRAL 5 - Raleigh NC Top-seeded John Isner advanced to the Open de Nice quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Belgium's Xavier Malisse 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) in the clay-court event.
05/23/12 Top-seeded John Isner beats Malisse in France Source: News-Record - Greensboro NC Greensboro native John Isner defeated Xavier Malisse 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) in the round of 16 at the Open de Nice in France today.
04/25/12 Mayer falls to Malisse Source: MSN - UK German second seed Florian Mayer has been knocked out of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest after falling to a 7-5 4-6 6-4 defeat against Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse.
03/23/12 Wickmayer, Malisse get date for CAS appeal Source: Lincoln Daily News - Lincoln IL Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse will have their cases heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in May to decide if they broke anti-doping rules.
03/22/12 Wickmayer, Malisse get date for CAS appeal Source: Times-Standard - Eureka CA LAUSANNE, SwitzerlandâBelgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse will have their cases heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in May to decide if they broke anti-doping rules.