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SINGAPORE - Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, the two players competing for the year-end No. 1 ranking this week at the WTA Finals, each took a moment on the eve of the competition to speak out against Shamil Tarpischev, the recently suspended president of the Russian Tennis Federation.

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