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		<title>Del Potro rolls through Berlocq in straight sets; Soeda loses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Go Soeda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Juan Martin Del Potro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No. 1 seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina strolled past countryman Carlos Berlocq in straight sets to reach the Japan Open quarterfinals Wednesday. In their first career meeting, seventh-ranked del Potro made efficient work of Berlocq in slightly over an hour, going through 6-2, 6-2 to become the first to qualify for the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Open hikes prize money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Open is increasing its prize money by $2.8 million to bring overall player compensation to $31 million next year. Australian Open organizers did not break down the prize money awarded per round at their launch Wednesday for the tournament Jan. 13-26, but men and women will receive equal amounts as in previous years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nalbandian retires from tennis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Nalbandian, the 2002 Wimbledon finalist who caused an uproar a decade later by injuring a line judge at another tournament, retired from professional tennis Tuesday because of a shoulder injury. The 31-year-old Argentine player described it as a &#8220;difficult day,&#8221; but told a news conference that he was &#8220;super grateful&#8221; to his sport. Saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nishikori stages impressive comeback against Melzer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rakuten Japan Open]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Defending champion Kei Nishikori was two points from defeat in his first-round match at the Rakuten Japan Open on Tuesday, but stormed back to beat unseeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-2 with a huge show of will. Playing indoors at Ariake Colosseum after rain forced closure of the roof over the hardcourt, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tsonga beats Monfils to make triumphant start at Japan Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[France&#8217;s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated compatriot Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6 (10-8), in a first-round match at the Japan Open on Monday. Tsonga, ranked eighth in the world, used a strong serve and powerful ground strokes to win a baseline battle with Monfils at Ariake Colosseum in 1 hour, 31 minutes. In other first-round matches, sixth seed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nishikori relaxed ahead of Japan Open defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori insists he&#8217;s never felt so free of pressure as the world No. 12 hopes to become the first back-to-back Japan Open champion since Pete Sampras in 1993-94. Last year, Nishikori became the first player from the host country to win the Japan Open since the tournament joined the ATP Tour in 1973, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kvitova bests Kerber in three sets to win Pan Pacific title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Angelique Kerber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventh seed Petra Kvitova defeated Angelique Kerber in three sets to win the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday at Ariake Colosseum. Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, won 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 over fifth-seeded Kerber in 1 hour, 39 minutes to claim the tournament title for the first time. Kvitova, who had to go three sets to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graf says Serena can break Slam mark</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steffi Graf&#8217;s career ended with 22 Grand Slam singles titles at age 30 because of injuries. The tennis great doesn&#8217;t see anyone stopping Serena Williams from becoming the career leader in major titles, if she stays healthy. Williams earned her 17th major title at the U.S. Open this month, and Graf believes Williams will surpass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kvitova slips by Venus in semis at Pan Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petra Kvitova rallied to defeat Venus Williams 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) and advance to the Pan Pacific Open final on Friday. Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) in the other semifinal. Kerber leads the head to head series 2-1, with all of the matches being played last year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venus battles into semifinals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eugenie Bouchard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pan-Pacific Open]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venus Williams beat Canadian teen Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 to advance to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals for the first time on Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>Venus rallies past Halep to reach Pan Pacific Open quarters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venus Williams came from a set down on Wednesday to defeat Simona Halep of Romania 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Williams, making her first appearance in the Tokyo tournament since 2009, broke serve to go up 5-3 in the second set at Ariake Colosseum and then won with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venus beats Azarenka to reach third round of Pan Pacific Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Armstrong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venus Williams upset top-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the third round of the Pan Pacific Open. Williams, making her first appearance in the Tokyo tournament since 2009, took advantage of six-double faults by Azarenka, who struggled with her game from the outset at Ariake Colosseum. Azarenka said after Tuesday&#8217;s match [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morita fights through pain to reach second round</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kimiko Date-Krumm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trio of local favorites advanced to the second round of the Pan Pacific Open on Monday with Ayumi Morita battling through an injury in a straight-sets victory over Britain&#8217;s Laura Robson. Morita, who hurt her lower back on the eve of this summer&#8217;s U.S. Open, returned to action with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radwanska triumphs at Korea Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska rallied from a set down on Sunday to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-4 and win the Korea Open. Radwanska hit five aces and took advantage of 10 double-faults by the third-seeded Russian player to win her third title of the year and 13th overall. Pavlyuchenkova rallied from 3-0 down in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tsonga, Simon to face off in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will go for his third straight Open de Moselle title when he plays Gilles Simon in an all-French final on Sunday with both players chasing their 11th career championship. Tsonga rallied to beat eighth-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals Saturday after the second-seeded Simon had defeated French [...]]]></description>
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		<title>King&#8217;s victory over Riggs resonates 40 years later</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the legendary tennis &#8220;Battle of the Sexes&#8221; exactly 40 years ago Friday, serving notice of a new era dawning. Before 30,472 people at the Houston Astrodome, still the largest crowd ever to watch aan American match, a 29-year-old King beat 55-year-old Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in a victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Date-Krumm falls short of goal at Korea Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Kimiko Date-Krumm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kimiko Date-Krumm missed out on a semifinal berth at the Korea Open after losing to Francesca Schiavone on Friday. Date-Krumm allowed her Italian opponent to come from behind to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in just over two hours. Date-Krumm, who knocked out second seed Maria Kirilenko in the previous round, has never beaten Schiavone in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back surgery rules Murray out of Japan Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World No. 3 Andy Murray has withdrawn from the upcoming Japan Open to undergo surgery on a long-standing back injury, organizers said Friday. The 26-year-old Murray, who became the first British man in 77 years to win the singles title at Wimbledon this year, has a disc problem in his lower back and is set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serena pulls out of Pan Pacific Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World No. 1 Serena Williams has pulled out of the upcoming Pan Pacific Open, organizers said Thursday. The American has withdrawn from the Sept. 22-28 tournament in Tokyo &#8220;due to fatigue and needing more time to recover from the summer.&#8221; She is the latest big name to withdraw after Russian pin-up Maria Sharapova last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to face Canada in Davis Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan, which will make its return to the Davis Cup World Group for the first time in two years, was drawn on Wednesday to play Canada in next season&#8217;s first round. Japan, which defeated Colombia over the weekend in the World Group playoffs with world No. 12 Kei Nishikori winning twice, will be at home. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nishikori vs. McEnroe in charity match</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan ace Kei Nishikori will square off against tennis legend John McEnroe in a November charity match, the Japan Tennis Association announced Tuesday. The match, scheduled for Nov. 17 at Ariake Colosseum, will be part of an event to support the rebuilding efforts following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan. Nishikori is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Date-Krumm reaches second round</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s Kimiko Date-Krumm advanced to the second round of the Korea Open on Tuesday with a first-round victory over Britain&#8217;s Heather Watson. Date-Krumm, ranked 63rd in the world, came from a set down to defeat the 78th-ranked Watson 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours, 26 minutes at Olympic Park Tennis Stadium. In 2009, Date-Krumm won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group after playoff fightback</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Davis Cup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victories by Kei Nishikori and Go Soeda in reverse singles rallied Japan past Colombia to a 3-2 triumph in their Davis Cup World Group playoff at Ariake Colosseum on Sunday afternoon. The win puts Japan back in the World Group for 2014 after it played this year in the Asia-Oceania Zone. Japan No. 1 Nishikori [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doubles victory puts Colombia in control of Davis Cup playoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah gave Colombia a 2-1 lead with a straight-sets 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Tatsuma Ito and Yuichi Sugita in doubles at their Davis Cup World Group Playoff at Ariake Colosseum on Saturday afternoon. Playing indoors on the hardcourt, the Colombians took charge early and were never threatened. Cabal and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nishikori beats Falla to give Japan advantage over Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori defeated Alejandro Falla in straight sets (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) in the opening singles match at the Davis Cup World Group Playoff at Ariake Colosseum on Friday to stake the host nation to a 1-0 victory. Japan No. 1 Nishikori prevailed in a baseline battle and was especially proficient with his trademark forehand, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight shines on world No. 12 Nishikori for Davis Cup tie against Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan No. 1 Kei Nishikori will face Colombia No. 2 Alejandro Falla in Friday&#8217;s opening singles match at the Davis Cup World Group Playoff at Ariake Colosseum as the host nation tries to return to the top level of the competition after a year in the Asia-Oceania Zone. The draw was conducted Thursday morning at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharapova withdraws from Pan Pacific Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian world No. 3 Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the upcoming Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, organizers said Thursday. The 26-year-old Sharapova, the winner in 2005, has withdrawn from the Sept. 22-28 tournament, to continue her recovery from a right shoulder injury that kept her out of the U.S. Open.]]></description>
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		<title>Hingis won&#8217;t play in Pan-Pac doubles, organizers announce</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former world No.1 Martina Hingis has withdrawn her wild-card doubles entry in the Pan Pacific Open women&#8217;s tennis tournament in Tokyo this month, organizers said Monday. &#8220;She will be absent from this tournament due to personal reasons,&#8221; the Pan Pacific Open office said in a press release. The 32-year-old Swiss came back from six years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nishikori named to Davis Cup team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori is set to make his first Davis Cup appearance in a year after the world No. 12 was named Tuesday to Japan&#8217;s team for its World Group playoff against Colombia. Go Soeda, Yuichi Sugita and Tatsuma Ito were also named to the team for the Sept. 13-15 tie at Ariake Colosseum. Nishikori, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nishikori seeded No. 11 for U.S. Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori will go into the U.S. Open with his highest seeding for a Grand Slam event, it was reported Monday, when seeds for the men&#8217;s singles draw were announced. Nishikori, ranked 12th in the world, is seeded 11th for the tournament that kicks off on Aug. 26. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia [...]]]></description>
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