Later on Sunday, Spain's Fernando Verdasco upset top seed Andy Roddick to win the SAP Open in San Jose.

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That was the view of Pete Sampras, who I met on Monday night at the SAP Open tennis tournament in San Jose.

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Defending SAP Open champion Milos Raonic beat his predecessor as ATP Newcomer of the Year, Tobias Kamke of Germany, to reach the quarterfinals.

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Bates feels Murray has handled any pressure he has come under admirably and insists the SAP Open champion will adore all the attention that has come with his accomplishments.

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Meanwhile, Milos Raonic confirmed his as the king of the indoor hard court at the SAP Open , winning the San Jose event for the third year in a row.

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In this article I will examine just what SAP means when it says it is open to partnerships.

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Here are the technologies SAP is betting on to make itself more open to innovation.

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At the same time it's suing SAP, Oracle has been trying to undercut the support business of open-source software company Red Hat (nasdaq: RHAT - news - people ).

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