Daily Bagel: Nishikori makes Japan's front page news, dogs who love tennis

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• Kei Nishikori, the first Japanese man to make the semifinals of the Open since 1918, is all over the papers back home:
Nishikori was on front pages of today's Asahi Shimbun and Nishi-Nippon in Japan. pic.twitter.com/jE4JZvfmRR
— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) September 4, 2014
• Must read: A beautiful piece by Doug Robson after the loss of his mother. Sometimes it's ok to root from the press box.
• Victoria Azarenka's team wants you to know she was sick during her quarterfinal loss, but don't ask her about it unless you want a deathstare.
• This golden retriever loves U.S. Open tennis:
• WTA Backspin on Ekaterina Makarova's win over Azarenka.
• "Roger Federer Serves Like a Girl": Nice read from Slate on the science of why women can serve as big as the men.
• Andy Roddick talks about what he misses about tennis on Late Night with Seth Meyers:

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.