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Daily Bagel: Italian Open results; Andy Murray says he's a 'feminist'

Tuesday's results from the Italian Open in Rome, Andy Murray speaks on feminism, Roger Federer searches for gelato, Novak Djokovic's arm injury and more of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.

Courtney Nguyen

Daily Bagel: Italian Open results; Andy Murray says he's a 'feminist'
Daily Bagel: Italian Open results; Andy Murray says he's a 'feminist' /

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

• WTA Rome results: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova started their tournaments with easy wins. Serena beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–3 and Sharapova beat JarmilaGajdosova 6–2, 3–1, retirement. Other notable WTA results: TimeaBacsinszky defeated Sabine Lisicki 6–4, 6–3, Victoria Azarenka overcame 16 double-faults to beat Lucie Hradecka 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, ElinaSvitolina beat FlaviaPennetta 6–4, 6–2 to set up a second round match against Venus Williams and DariaGavrilova beat Belinda Bencic 6–7, 7–5, 6–2.

• ATP Rome results: The seeds rolled through Tuesday's action, with No. 9 seed Marin Cilic being the only one to drop out after a 6–4, 6–3 loss to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Nicolas Almagro 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3, Stan Wawrinka beat Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, and Kevin Anderson won via retirement over Philipp Kohlschreiber. 

• Bad day for the Aussie men: Nick Kyrgios lost 6–4, 7–6(4) to No. 11 seed Feliciano Lopez and Bernard Tomic lost 7–6(3), 6–7(4) 7–6(4) to Viktor Troicki. 

• In this German interview with Red Bulletin, Andy Murray is asked whether he considers himself a feminist: "If someone who believes everyone should have equal rights is a feminist, then yes, I am a feminist." Most of the interview can be read in English here. 

• Murray confirmed he will play the Italian Open this week. But will he shave?

• Novak Djokovic won his opening round match in Rome in three sets over Nicolas Almagro and told reporters he's dealing with some pain in his right arm. 

• South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers has reportedly retired and is coaching Alison Riske this week in Rome. 

• No, Rafael Nadal will not be firing his uncle and coach Toni Nadal:

• ​Roger Federer is still searching for his first title in Rome this week. But first, gelato:

• Steve Johnson didn't have enough to beat Fabio Fognini, but the Italian put on a show for his home crowd:

• Here is a collection of ATP Madrid Open Hot Shots:

• And a collection of WTA Madrid Open Hot Shots:

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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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