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"&lt;p&gt;Ad-InWhoWhy They're Up\tAndy RoddickThat low-rent intimidation of &lt;strong&gt;Kei Nishikori&lt;/strong&gt; notwithstanding, it was a nice week for the top American, winning the SAP Open title in San Jose, Calif., for the third time.\tMaria SharapovaIs there a hotter player in the women's game right now? Aussie Open champ wins the big cash in Doha, Qatar, outlasting old nemesis &lt;strong&gt;Vera Zvonareva&lt;/strong&gt; in the final.\tBridge-building of the Doha eventThis piece by &lt;strong&gt;Doug Robson&lt;/strong&gt; on Israel's &lt;strong&gt;Shahar Peer&lt;/strong&gt; (pictured) is a must-read.\tMicha&amp;euml;l LlodraFrench lefty wins upset-addled ABM AMRO event in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for the third title of his career. (And nice to see Sweden's &lt;strong&gt;Robin S&amp;ouml;derling&lt;/strong&gt;, the losing finalist, back in the mix.)\tDavis NalbandianTop seed at the Copa Telmex in Beunos Aires, Argentina, wins his first title on home soil.\tNuria Llagostera VivesSpanish qualifier beats &lt;strong&gt;Mar&amp;iacute;a Emilia Salerni&lt;/strong&gt; in the final to win in Bogota, Colombia, for the second WTA title of her career.\tGustavus AdolphusHost and No. 3 seed upset defending champions and No. 1 seed UC Santa Cruz 5-4 in Sunday's final at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III National Men's Team Indoor Championship at the Swanson Tennis Center. Gustavus Adolphus College is hosting this year's event for the sixth consecutive year.\tABN AMRO World Tennis TournamentThe Rotterdam event is named ATP Tournament of the Year.\tDoubles winners&lt;strong&gt;Scott Lipsky&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;David Martin&lt;/strong&gt; beat the &lt;strong&gt;Bryans&lt;/strong&gt; in the all-Stanford battle in San Jose. &lt;strong&gt;Tomas Berdych&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Dmitry Tursunov&lt;/strong&gt; in Rotterdam. &lt;strong&gt;Kveta Peschke&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Rennae Stubbs&lt;/strong&gt; in Doha. &lt;strong&gt;Eva Benesova&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Bethanie Mattek&lt;/strong&gt; in Bogota. &lt;strong&gt;Agust&amp;iacute;n Calleri&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Luis Horna&lt;/strong&gt; in Buenos Aires.\tRobby GinepriFalls in San Jose semis, but overall a fine week for former U.S. Open semifinalist, beating &lt;strong&gt;James Blake&lt;/strong&gt;, among others.\tAnders JarrydSwede successfully defended his BlackRock Tour of Champions title, defeating his countryman, &lt;strong&gt;Mikael Pernfors&lt;/strong&gt;, 6-3, 7-6 in a thrilling final in Belfast, Northern Ireland.\tRaemon SluiterDutch veteran calls it a career after loss to Llodra in Rotterdam.Ad-OutWhoWhy They're Down\tAna Ivanovic Top seed in the Doha cash grab withdraws with left ankle sprain.\tVenus Williams Defending Wimbledon champ has turned in some odd results of late. But a straight-sets rout at the hands of &lt;strong&gt;Dominika Cibulkova&lt;/strong&gt;?\tRotterdam seeds Is this event star-crossed or what? The withdrawals were minimal this year, but &lt;strong&gt;Rafael Nadal&lt;/strong&gt; (No. 1, pictured), &lt;strong&gt;Nikolay Davydenko&lt;/strong&gt; (2), &lt;strong&gt;David Ferrer&lt;/strong&gt; (3) and Berdych (5) all went down mid-week.\tAndy Murray Dragging after his Marseille, France, title last week, Brit goes out to local favorite &lt;strong&gt;Robin Haase&lt;/strong&gt; in Rotterdam. He then compounds matters with this quote that must have the tournament director putting a stop-payment order on the appearance-fee check: \"This is just one of those matches you can afford in tournaments like this, it will not affect your ranking like Masters Series or Grand Slams.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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