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Do-over in the desert

By Stephen Tignor, TENNIS.com

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The tennis season isn't just long, it's long in a strange way. It begins in grand style, with a January trip Down Under that culminates at the Australian Open. And then, well, nothing much happens for a month and a half. The Aussie Open is a sort of glorified false start, a tournament on an island. If you accept that metaphor, then Indian Wells, the dual-gender event taking place for the next week and half, is when the pros hit mainland. There are precious few breaks from here until the U.S. Op ...

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