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Round of confusion

By Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Going with the old Creative Writing 101 maxim, "Never use two words when one will do," I refuse to call the new ATP Tour format a "Round Robin." I'm just going with "Confusion." So let's all get this straight from the start: This week in Adelaide, Australia the ATP is making its first-ever departure from the classic, single-elimination tournament at a regular tour event. It's using a format called Rou -- er, Confusion. This, apparently, is just what the doctor ordered for a game already mired i ...

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