Daily Bagel: The Swiss lift Federer to celebrate Davis Cup win

Author:
Courtney Nguyen
Publish date:
Sep 15, 2014

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

• Video: Roger Federer gets a lift after clinching a spot in the Davis Cup final for Switzerland:

[youtube:http://youtu.be/oQeiOiDsjks]

• And the Swiss celebrations didn't end there:

• Wawrinka withdrew from this week's Moselle Open and tournament organizers aren't happy about it.

• A must-read on Francis Tiafoe, Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports, and the search for the next big thing.

According to one person in the room, Jay Z seemed impressed as Tiafoe spoke briefly but with passion about his craft and his goals. Jay Z went on to explain that Roc Nation Sports doesn’t recruit just anyone; Tiafoe was special. (As if to prove the point, Beyoncé walked in, wearing the fishnet mask she wore for the show’s opening number, “’03 Bonnie & Clyde,” and warmly greeted Tiafoe’s entourage.) Tiafoe later bragged to friends, “We got pretty tight.” In fact, he’d seemed to others almost too nervous to speak.

• Thomas Hogstedt on Sloane Stephen's "Big Mission".

• This is a great Beats by Dre ad with Serena Williams:

[youtube:http://youtu.be/rTD79N5PUN0]

• Tom Perrotta for Grantland on "What Went Wrong at the Strangest Tennis Match You Never Knew Occurred?" Great read.

• WTA Backspin recaps the long and winding journey for Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who won her first WTA title in 16 years over the weekend.

• Check out this amazing handshake between Barbora Zahlavova Strycova and Elina Svitolina on Monday in Tokyo. Svitolina won 6-4, 6-1.