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Daily Bagel: Roger Federer will reclaim No. 2 ranking from Andy Murray

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The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.

• Video: Ernests Gulbis had an absolute meltdown in his second round loss to Juan Monaco on Wednesday, incurring a game penalty after picking up his third code violation of the match after he crushed his racket against the umpire's ladder.

• Andy Murray's third round loss to Stanislas Wawrinka today in Monte Carlo means Roger Federer will retake the No. 2 ranking on Monday. Murray, who is now 0-3 against Wawrinka on clay, says he's got a lot to iron out in his clay game.

“It does take me time to feel comfortable on the surface,” Murray said. “I need matches against top players to see what's going wrong and what's going right, things I need to work on to get better. Normally towards the end of the clay court season, I start to feel better with my game and I've had some good results, but at the start I have struggled a little bit.”

• One of the biggest mysteries every year is what actually goes on during the Monte Carlo player party, which features an annual "talent show" that has seen Novak Djokovic walk the runway in nothing but his underwear, an incredibly spot-on impression of Djokovic from his good friend Janko Tipsarevic, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in drag. Here's what we know about this year's show:

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• Sam Stosur says it's a race against time to get her calf healed and ready for this weekend's Fed Cup tie.

• What's Juan Carlos Ferrero been up to since he retired last year? Golfing with Sergio Garcia.

• Venus Williams lends her help to The Cartoon Network's anti-bullying campaign. The CNN documentary will be available on line on April 29th.

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Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.