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ARTICLE Rubin, Ferrero latest to withdraw


KEY BISCAYNE ยท The Nasdaq-100 Open lost its fifth top-10 woman plus French Open winner Juan Carlos Ferrero on a Sunday that saw five more names erased from the tournament draw.

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Later in the day, Ferrero, No. 2 in the world behind Roger Federer, was officially declared out with the chicken pox he contracted a week and a half ago, before the tournament at Indian Wells.

Ferrero was leading No. 3 Andy Roddick of Boca Raton by 125 points in the ATP rankings going into Indian Wells, but even if Roddick can't overtake him, and he probably won't when the new rankings come out today, he'll bump up to the No. 2 seed. That means if he faces Federer in what would be advertised as another blockbuster match, it would only be in the Nasdaq final.

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