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MAC, mamasue and Moondancer are together in Monte Carlo for the whole week and daisy shared their blog when she arrived on Thursday night. Sarah was there at the weekends, SSN arrived on Wednesday, and flo was there for the quarter finals and finals.05/05 - Internazionali BNL d'Ialia, Rome 
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Check out Anke at the DC in Bremen and our celebration of Rafa's clay court hat-tricks. And you must read Moondancer's wonderful story about how her interest in tennis and Rafa came about and how she is passing it on to the next generation. Affiliates
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7th May"All good things must come to an end." And thus today in Rome ends Rafa's valiant attempt to defend all four of his European clay titles for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year. Because of the ATP's ignorant and insensitive removal of the usual rest week between Barcelona and Rome, Rafa's body finally betrayed him, specifically a blister on his right foot. And he sadly lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero 5-7 1-6 in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. This is all the more reason for anyone reading this to sign the online petition described below. ¡Buena suerte Rafa! We hope to see him back and healthy next week in the Masters Series Hamburg. Below are the Internazionali BNL d'Italia links.  The players of the Association of Tennis Professionals, the governing body of men’s tennis, have expressed their concerns about their level of influence within the ATP. In general, the players have said that they do not feel as though they have a voice in decision making within the organization. More specifically, the players have made public their discontent with recent changes to the tour schedule which they believe jeopardize their ability to remain healthy and sustain high levels of performance at every tournament. The players and the ATP need to know that the fans want what's best for the players and thus support greater player influence within the ATP. If you agree, please sign the online petition to the officials of the ATP. Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona 2008
Rafa continues to break records. Roy Emerson and Mats Wilander won the title in Barcelona three times but Rafa has now gone one better winning it for an unprecedented four times in succession. Just for the record that's 20 wins in 21 clay court finals - an all-time best. Oh and he's won 51 out of the last 53 sets he has played on clay. 
Here's the final point if you missed it And the trophy ceremony which most of us did miss ¡Enhorabuena Rafa!
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