Daily Bagel: Radwanska, Cilic top day's upsets in Barcelona, Stuttgart
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• Rafael Nadal started his Barcelona Open campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Nicolas Almagro. Otherwise it was a day of marginal upsets, with Marin Cilic, Jo-WilfriedTsonga, ErnestsGulbis and Nick Kyrgios all losing to lower ranked opposition.
• Rude homecoming: Sabine Lisicki lost 6-0, 6-0 to Zarina Diyas in Stuttgart and Julie Goerges had three match points but lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to Belinda Bencic. In other upset news from Stuttgart, Sara Errani beat No. 9 AgnieszkaRadwanska 7-6 (8), 6-4 in the first round.
• Man arrested for court-siding—sending live match data to sports bettors—tells the BBC why it was his dream job.
• Tennis fans are still having fun with the Fed Cup no-handshake.
• A must read on the tough scheduling decisions in the ATP minor leagues.
• Here's an exhausted Andrea Petkovic singing a Serbian lullaby and talking music:
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• Queen's Club will host Great Britain's Davis Cup quarterfinal against France.
• Check out SI Tennis' newest podcast. This week's guest: Jack Sock.
• Get to know 19-year-old Elias Ymer of Sweden. He beat fellow teenager Nick Kyrgios today in Barcelona. He's one to watch.
• In the same vein, here's your primer on 17-year-old Andrey Rublev, who beat Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday and took Fabio Fognini to three sets on Wednesday.
• Interesting update on Wayne Odesnik:
