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Daily Bagel: Why Kvitova's early-season break will pay off on grass

Why Petra Kvitova's early season break will pay off, Stan Wawrinka in ESPN the Body Issue and more of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.

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

• Strong reporting from Ben Rothenberg for The New York Times on WTA players, their stalkers and the security concerns surrounding them wherever they go. 

• Must read: Pete Sampras "pens" a letter to his 16-year-old self for The Players' Tribune

• Serena Williams interviews for a job as "Wimbledon Champion."

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• And here's Petra Kvitova's deer-in-the-headlights interview:

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• Stan Wawrinka takes it all off for ESPN's Body Issue. 

• From The Guardian: No, Novak Djokovic did not cheat yesterday.

• From USA Today: Petra Kvitova's early-season hiatus may have been the best decision of her career

• The Guardian profiles Jack Sock