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Daily Bagel: 33 ways to celebrate Serena Williams' birthday

The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet. • The ATP semifinals are set: At the Shenzhen Open,
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Daily Bagel: 33 ways to celebrate Serena Williams' birthday
Daily Bagel: 33 ways to celebrate Serena Williams' birthday

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

• The ATP semifinals are set: At the Shenzhen Open, Andy Murray will face Juan Monaco and Tommy Robredo plays Santiago Giraldo. At the Malaysian Open, KeiNishikori plays Jarkko Nieminen and ErnestsGulbis plays Julien Benneteau. Over at the Wuhan Open, Petra Kvitova faces Eugenie Bouchard in the final, a rematch from Wimbledon. 

• Happy 33rd Birthday, Serena Williams. Here are 33 reasons to celebrate. (Even though she said she doesn't want to.)

• The China Open WTA draw is out and play starts on Saturday. Here's the order of play. 

• Roger Federer confirms he'll play the Shanghai Masters:

• The Chinese have amazing nicknames for players. They call Richard Gasquet "tofu". Which...can go either way.

• Rafael Nadal tested his right wrist in an exhibition match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and is already in Beijing practicing for the China Open:

• The Changeover convenes a roundtable to discuss the Asian swing. 

• This is a lot of Milos Raonic. 

• Test your knowledge of Chinese nicknames for tennis players. 

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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.

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