Daily Bagel: Dimitrov's rapid climb courtesy of coach Roger Rasheed

The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet. • Good read from Kamakshi Tandon for ESPN.com on Roger
Daily Bagel: Dimitrov's rapid climb courtesy of coach Roger Rasheed
Daily Bagel: Dimitrov's rapid climb courtesy of coach Roger Rasheed /

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

• Good read from Kamakshi Tandon for ESPN.com on Roger Rasheed, the man behind Grigor Dimitrov's rise.

After some lackluster training leading into Queen's and more challenging words from Rasheed, Dimitrov did. This also reflects his increased consistency, which is helped by an emphasis on playing well in each tournament and each match, as well as a more disciplined approach to points.

"We've changed a few little things in his game," Rasheed said. "When you've got a whole lot of tools, it's about how you actually use them, what you do with them. He was like a junior playing tennis, without a lot of understanding of how to use his stuff."

As much as Rasheed discourages it, the Bulgarian still produces the wild winners that show up in those highlights. But they are now exceptions rather than regular attempts.

"I think I have better shot selection," said Dimitrov. "I'm more consistent throughout all the weeks, winning more matches."

• Here's a sneak peek at what Maria Sharapova will be wearing this summer. Her next tournament in the Rogers Cup in Montreal, which begins on Aug. 4. 

• Nick Kyrgios set aside his beef with Drake to tool around his hometown of Canberra in a sweet ride

• Sabine Lisicki got some selfies of a lifetime with the German National Team:

• IMG has reportedly dropped Bernard Tomic before his contract was even up. The 21-year-old is now ranked No. 124.

• Dominic Thiem continues to do good things on clay, this time saving a match point to beat No. 28 Marcel Granollers in Hamburg. 

• Hugh Grant was at the women's tournament in Bastad. And the tournament posted this creepy video to prove it:

• Just checking in on Marion Bartoli: Yup, still enjoying life

• Non-tennis: From SI's Lee Jenkins, a closer look on LeBron James' return to Cleveland.


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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.