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	<title type="text">SF Tennis Freak</title>
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	<updated>2012-02-27T09:02:53Z</updated>

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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Tsonga&#8217;s New &#8216;Do]]></title>
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		<updated>2012-02-25T17:35:28Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-25T17:35:28Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Fernando Verdasco" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Indian Wells" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="James Blake" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Jo-Wilfried Tsonga" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Juan Martin del Potro" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Marseilles" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Open 13" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Sony Ericsson Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure why he did it, but Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has given himself a new &#8216;do for the 2012 season. Ladies and gentlemen, it&#8217;s the return of the ever-popular Fernando Verdasco &#8220;faux hawk&#8221;. Let&#8217;s just hope it&#8217;s more successful for him than Fernando (yeah, Fernando ain&#8217;t been doing so well these days). These guys always [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 &#8211; Big Boy Serves &#8211; Compare and Contrast Raonic, Anderson, and Roddick (VIDEO)]]></title>
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		<updated>2012-02-24T04:03:39Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-24T03:25:25Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Media" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Technique" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Video" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Andy Roddick" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Kevin Anderson" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Milos Raonic" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Serve" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Serve Motion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Milos Raonic, Kevin Anderson, and Andy Roddick These guys had some of the biggest serves at the SAP Open. I wrote an earlier post describing the use of knee bend and calf/thigh strength that the pros use to help facilitate a more explosive jump into the ball. Using images captured via my camera&#8217;s continuous shooting [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 Gallery]]></title>
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		<updated>2012-02-23T06:55:10Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-23T06:37:16Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Gallery" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="HP Pavillion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="pictures" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[As usual, my camera was very busy each night at the SAP Open. Check out some great pictures from the event! Click here for the SAP Open gallery page]]></summary>
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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 &#8211; The Premier Court Crew]]></title>
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		<id>http://kevware.com/tennis/?p=3542</id>
		<updated>2012-02-22T19:45:58Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-22T19:37:56Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Audio" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Equipment" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Media" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Bill Rapp" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Fed Cup" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="final" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="HP Pavillion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Premier Court" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[(This video clip is audio-only with a picture so that it could be uploaded to YouTube. It&#8217;s a slightly better way of presenting audio content.) I had noticed these guys over the past several days and wasn&#8217;t quite sure how they related to the tournament. Most times they were sitting and watching. Sometimes they would [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012: Rough Day At The Office For Andy Roddick (Audio)]]></title>
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		<updated>2012-02-22T18:21:09Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-22T09:55:49Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Audio" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Media" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Video" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Andy Roddick" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Brooklyn Decker" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Denis Istomin" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="HP Pavillion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Larry Stefanki" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="quarterfinals" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Quarterfinal Loss Post-Match Press Conference (This video clip is audio-only with a picture of Andy so that it could be uploaded to YouTube. It&#8217;s a slightly better way of presenting audio content. Hope it&#8217;s not too misleading.) From the start it was clear that he was edgy. The faces of his support crew were all [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012: Comic Relief at the SAP Open]]></title>
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		<updated>2012-02-21T23:00:58Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-21T21:45:36Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="@MatchPointAce" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="David Nalbandian" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Denis Istomin" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Dewey" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Estonia" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Fernando Verdasco" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Frank Moser" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="John McEnroe" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Justin Gimelstob" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Kevin Anderson" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Mark Knowles" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Matt Cronin" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Milos Raonic" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Robby Ginepri" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Ryan Harrison" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Steve Ullrich" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Xavier Malisse" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[There were many times during matches, press conferences, or even just waiting around when I would hear something that made me chuckle. I tried to keep notes when this happened so that I could share them after the tournament. Here are some of the things that struck me funny during the SAP Open (in no [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 &#8211; Picture Proof: Keys To An Effective Power Serve]]></title>
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		<id>http://kevware.com/tennis/?p=3453</id>
		<updated>2012-02-21T21:34:33Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-21T19:55:31Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Technique" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Andy Roddick" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Denis Istomin" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Donald Young" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Kevin Anderson" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Mark Knowles" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Milos Raonic" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Ryan Sweeting" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Serve" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Serve Motion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It&#8217;s all in the knee bend! At least that&#8217;s the first thing that stands out when you watch the service motion of the guys with the biggest serves. Most players have fairly decent serves, but need to rely on great placement in the box to get an ace or set up points. The serving elite, [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 &#8211; Singles Champion Milos Raonic, Doubles Champions Knowles and Malisse]]></title>
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		<id>http://kevware.com/tennis/?p=3444</id>
		<updated>2012-02-21T09:58:52Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-21T08:46:33Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Andy Roddick" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="champion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Denis Istomin" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="doubles" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="final" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Frank Moser" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="HP Pavillion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Kevin Anderson" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Mark Knowles" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Milos Raonic" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Ryan Harrison" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="singles" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Xavier Malisse" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Some thoughts on a great day of finals! Singles It was a great day of tennis on Sunday at the SAP Open. After an up and down week of withdrawals, injuries, 3-setters delaying the schedule, there were some very compelling finals matches. Milos Raonic was set to defend his title after a comprehensive win over [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 &#8211; Guessing Wrong On A Raonic Serve]]></title>
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		<id>http://kevware.com/tennis/?p=3436</id>
		<updated>2012-02-21T08:46:06Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-21T08:22:03Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Denis Istomin" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="final" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="HP Pavillion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Milos Raonic" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Ryan Harrison" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Serve" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[When your opponent is serving bombs that routinely reach speeds between 130 and 150 miles per hour, you sometimes have to guess which way the serve is going (based on ANY clue you might perceive in their service motion) in order to have a fighting chance at a break opportunity. Such was the case during [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>SFTennisFreak</name>
						<uri>http://www.kevware.com/tennis</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[SAP Open 2012 &#8211; The Raonic Forehand and Core Strength]]></title>
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		<id>http://kevware.com/tennis/?p=3427</id>
		<updated>2012-02-21T08:21:47Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-21T07:24:20Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="ATP 250" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="General" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Players" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="SAP Open" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="core strength" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="forehand" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="HP Pavillion" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="Milos Raonic" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="reverse forehand" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="San Jose CA" /><category scheme="http://kevware.com/tennis" term="tennis" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A big part of Milos Raonic&#8217;s dominance at the SAP Open was his improved core strength and technique on his groundstrokes. His serve was formidable. But behind that big serve lies a big ground game which helps give him break opportunities, lessening his reliance on tiebreakers. For the purposes of this discussion I will focus [...]]]></summary>
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