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Daily Bagel: Mouratoglou: Serena's illnesses at Slams are stress-related

Andy Roddick on whether he misses tennis, Patrick Mouratoglou on Serena's illnesses at last two Slams and more of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.
Courtney Nguyen|
Daily Bagel: Mouratoglou: Serena's illnesses at Slams are stress-related
Daily Bagel: Mouratoglou: Serena's illnesses at Slams are stress-related

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

• Great interview with Andy Roddick in The New York Times. Asked whether he craves being back on the court: "Every time I watch a Wawrinka-Djokovic final I’m going, 'I’m soooo good where I’m at.'"

• From the The New York Times, Patrick Mouratoglou believes Serena Williams' health problems at the Australian Open and French Open are stress-related. 

• This is some headline: Thanasi Kokkinakis laid low with flatulence. And the article backs actually delivers on the headline.

• ​In a profile in The Guardian, Rafael Nadal is asked about the concept of "talent" as it relates to his rivalry with Roger Federer:

“It is obvious that he hits the ball easier than me, he serves better than me and he is able to do the things easier than what I do. So his talent is much better there.

“But I have talent too—to be there. I have the talent to put one more ball inside. I have the talent to play with a good level a lot of hours in a row. That is what I did during my whole career. And I have the talent to not miss much, and to come back from very tough positions, to be in a defensive position and pass very quickly to an aggressive position. His style is completely different to mine. Probably that makes the rivalry special.”

• ​Bernard Tomic will boycott Australia's next Davis Cup tie due to an ever-growing rift with Tennis Australia. The national governing body has refused to offer funding to Tomic's younger sister Sara because of their issues with his father John. 

• Nice photoshoot of the ATP's rising teenagers by The Daily Mail.

• Credit to Eugenie Bouchard: She can laugh at herself.

• Stan Wawrinka's shorts continue to leave a lasting impression: Here's his new Subaru commercial.

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• Novak Djokovic went shirtless at The Boodles again last week. 

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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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