+ FRIDAY NETCORDS: Fed setting the stage...Doug takes on Doha...Bodo dissects Venus vs. Serena

(Vera Zvonareva, Doha)

LINKS

Fed's final push [ESPN]
Qatar keeps a-changing [Tennishead]


BLOG TALK

Doha run down [Doug's Sports Dish]
V's tortoise to ReRe's hare - who wins? [Peter Bodo's Tennisworld]

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