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			<item><title><![CDATA[Collision course]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think it's a real shame that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have been drawn in the same half of the French Open draw, although I believe the tournament has done the right thing by sticking with the world rankings.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8732651,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8732651</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:23:28 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/RafaelNadal_2949681.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[No hurry for Murray]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Murray should only play the French Open if he is close to 100 per cent fit.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8724886,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8724886</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:19 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/05/128x67/Andy-Murray3_2944924.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Dominant on dirt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Murray returns to clay court action this week at the Madrid Open, no doubt desperate to put his disappointing display in Monte Carlo behind him.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8695737,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8695737</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:14:32 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/DjokoNadal_2933605.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Eyes on the prize]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest plans to develop Wimbledon are very exciting.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8668912,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8668912</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:01:01 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/11/06/128x67/roof_2612116.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Courage under fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barry Cowan hailed Novak Djokovic's valour after the Serb brought Rafa Nadal's dominance at the Monte Carlo Masters to an end.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/17136/8663541/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8663541</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:06:26 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/djokovic_2932367.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[The full Monte]]></title><description><![CDATA[The claycourt season is here and where better to start than in stunning Monte Carlo?]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8634277,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8634277</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:37:16 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/AndyMurrayPortrait_2928615.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Ready for the dirt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Murray won one of the most dramatic Masters finals I've ever seen on Sunday and is now in a great place ahead of the upcoming clay court season.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8613537,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8613537</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:05:02 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/04/128x67/Andy-Murray-Miami-trophy-2013-beach_2923162.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Rafa's reign of fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal has clearly lost none of his fire and, on the evidence of his incredible victory in Indian Wells, has returned in 2013 as an improved player.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8575955,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8575955</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:50:04 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/03/128x67/Rafael-Nadal-Indian-Wells-semifinals-2013_2916394.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Murray moving on up]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's now only a matter of time before Andy Murray becomes World No 2.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8545902,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8545902</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/01/128x67/Amuzzdog_2891390.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Novak's new heights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novak Djokovic's win in Dubai shows he's improved since his incredible 2011 season, says Barry Cowan.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/12111/8534737/Novak-Djokovic-s-Dubai-win-proves-he-s-still-raising-the-bar-says-Barry-Cowan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8534776</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:13:38 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/12/04/128x67/Barry-Cowan-Tennis-Expert-Opinion_2745262.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Top of the agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[If ever there was a week that illustrated how bizarre the current men's schedule is, this is it.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8516829,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8516829</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:01:09 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/12/06/128x67/Grigor-Dimitrov_2780623.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Dutch delight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rotterdam champion Juan Martin Del Potro must now target the game's top four, says Barry Cowan.]]></description><link>http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/17136/8506507/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8506507</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:53:41 GMT</pubDate><category>News Story</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/02/128x67/161748458_2902001.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Testing times]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm heartened that Roger Federer has urged tennis to introduce blood passports in order to expose, and hopefully eradicate, any doping in the sport.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8497290,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8497290</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:16:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/02/128x67/RogerFederer_2900156.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Return of verve]]></title><description><![CDATA[We'll only get a proper gauge of where Rafael Nadal's game is really at when the Masters series gets underway in mid-April at Monte Carlo.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8462470,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8462470</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:29:19 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/02/128x67/RafaelNadal_2894150.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Novak truly a great]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novak Djokovic truly belongs among the all-time tennis elite after winning his third consecutive Australian Open.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8446567,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8446567</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:49:01 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/01/128x67/NovakDjokovic_2891836.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Murray on the march]]></title><description><![CDATA[If there was any doubt in Andy Murray's mind that he's a better player than Roger Federer, it has surely now vanished.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8439250,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8439250</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:13:29 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/01/128x67/AndyMurray_2891057.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Smooth operator]]></title><description><![CDATA[With each passing round in this Australian Open, Andy Murray's game seems to be getting better and better.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8428762,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8428762</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:23:12 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/01/128x67/AndyMurray_2890154.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Stan and deliver]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year's Australian Open semi-finals were amazing, especially Novak Djokovic's titanic tussle with Andy Murray, and the final between the Serb and Rafa Nadal was a classic, too.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8421310,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8421310</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:17:18 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/01/128x67/Stanislas-Wawrinka-Melbourne-day-seven-2013_2888725.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
				
			<item><title><![CDATA[Shows of real steel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Courage - and plenty of it - has taken Laura Robson and Heather Watson into the third round of the Australian Open.]]></description><link>http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,17136_8403231,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17136_8403231</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:55:22 GMT</pubDate><category>Article/Blog</category><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="http://img.skysports.com/13/01/128x67/LauraRobson_2887319.jpg" length="123456" /></item>
									
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