Daily Bagel: Andy Murray looking for more variety and flair in his game

The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet. • From Kevin Mitchell for The Guardian, Andy Murray
Daily Bagel: Andy Murray looking for more variety and flair in his game
Daily Bagel: Andy Murray looking for more variety and flair in his game /

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

• From Kevin Mitchell for The Guardian, Andy Murray wants Amelie Mauresmo to inject his game with flair:

“It’s been a big part of my game since I was young. I played like that when I was a kid and I did it as well when I came on to the Tour until I was 21, 22. But when I was starting to play winning tennis, high-percentage solid tennis, not making many mistakes, moving well, maybe I just got away from using that flair. That’s something I wanted to get back to and try to use in matches.”

• Great interview of Roger Federer by Jon Wertheim. I've always wondered what he thought about the "Federerization of tennis".

• The Grandstand looks at the 11 American men in the main draw. 

• Kamakshi Tandon for ESPN.com on why expectations remain low for the American men at this year's Open. 

• How does controversy follow Jerzy Janowicz every time he plays? Yesterday he got into more hot water in his match against Joao Sousa at the Winston-Salem Open, when he refused to concede a point after his racket touched a ball that landed out. 

• An interview with Steve Johnson:

• More nifty tennis artistry from Tennis Draws

• Noah Rubin made his ATP debut and lost in three sets to Bradley Klahn

• Ben Rothenberg for The New York Times asks a bunch of tennis writers how they take notes during matches. It's complicated. 

• Non-tennis: The Cleveland Browns will start Brian Hoyer ahead of Johnny Football. 


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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.