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Daily Bagel: Nadal preps for clay courts; Ivanovic's costume party

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Daily Bagel: Nadal preps for clay courts; Ivanovic's costume party
Daily Bagel: Nadal preps for clay courts; Ivanovic's costume party

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

• Boris Becker turned down an offer to serve as captain of the German Davis Cup team. 

• Ana Ivanovic and Bastian Schweinsteiger seem to be an official pair, after she hosted a costume party in Munich. 

• Ivanovic says she felt "stressed" at the Australian Open. 

• Here's how Rafael Nadal is preparing for clay:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SvotAOcp0&feature=youtu.be​]

• Incredibly helpful resource provided by Racket Rally: Tournament entry lists. 

• Caroline Wozniacki is featured in the 2015 SI Swimsuit issue, along with UFC champion Ronda Rousey. 

• The LTA is changing its wildcard criteria for Brits at Wimbledon: Being Top 250 is no longer a guarantee. 

• An interview with Kim Clijsters, tournament director at the Diamond Games in Antwerp this week. Good to see that event back on the calendar. 

• Maria Sharapova gets the requisite team selfie:

​[tweet=https://twitter.com/MariaSharapova/status/564443587774255104]

And leaves her mark on Krakow:

[tweet=https://twitter.com/MariaSharapova/status/564635985892634624]

• Here's a music video that appears to be staged at a Hong Kong ITF:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmVXzlQrQpE&feature=youtu.be]

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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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