Daily Bagel: Inside Serena's Paris apartment; Tommy Haas returns

Inside Serena Williams' apartment in Paris, Tommy Haas makes his return to the ATP Tour and more of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.
Daily Bagel: Inside Serena's Paris apartment; Tommy Haas returns
Daily Bagel: Inside Serena's Paris apartment; Tommy Haas returns /

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

• Want to visit one of Serena's apartments in Paris? Doug Robson for NBC Sports takes you inside and talks winning a true Grand Slam with the World No. 1. 

• Christopher Clarey for the New York Times on the added week between the French Open and Wimbledon and the transition from clay to grass for the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.

• From the Telegraph: Boris Becker says political correctness is bad for tennis and the modern game has left top players like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic too scared to vent their feelings.

• Tommy Haas makes his return to the ATP Tour with a win in Stuttgart. 

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• Meanwhile, Eugenie Bouchard kicked off her grass season with yet another loss. 

• Jack Sock and Timea Bacsinszky win the "Biggest Breakthrough" awards in TENNIS Magazine's second annual "Claysies" awards. Nick Kyrgios also won "Most Expressive" and Ana Ivanovic won "Greatest Resurgence."

• ICYMI: Jon Wertheim's Fifty Parting Thoughts from the 2015 French Open. 


GALLERY: FRENCH OPEN TOP 100

French Open 2015 Top 100

Rafael Nadal

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Stan Wawrinka

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French Open

Andy Murray

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Lucie Safarova

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Rafael Nadal

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Lucie Safarova

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French Open

Roger Federer

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David Vincent/AP Photo

Andy Murray

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Michel Euler/AP Photo

Novak Djokovic

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David Vincent/AP Photo

Alize Cornet

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Francois Mori/AP Photo

French Open

Rafael Nadal

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Novak Djokovic

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Serena Williams

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Stan Wawrinka

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Michel Euler/AP Photo

Andy Murray

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Francois Mori/AP Photo

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Michel Euler/AP Photo

Serena Williams

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Rafael Nadal

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Ana Ivanovic

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Andy Murray

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David Vincent/AP Photo

Maria Sharapova

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Maria Sharapova

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Maria Sharapova

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French Open

Serena Williams

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Mike Bryan

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Jean Gachassin, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Stan Wawrinka

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Shingo Kunieda and Gordon Reid

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Taylor Harry Fritz and Tommy Paul

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French Open

Andy Murray

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Serena Williams

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Lucie Safarova

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Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Novak Djokovic

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Novak Djokovic

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Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Lucie Safarova and Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Luci Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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French Open

Stan Wawrinka

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Stan Wawrinka

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Novak Djokovic

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Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic

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Stan Wawrinka

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Simona Halep

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Jack Sock

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Andy Murray

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Gael Monfils

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Andy Murray

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Nick Kyrgios

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Serena Williams

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Timea Bacsinszky

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French Open

Lucie Safarova

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Roger Federer

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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Roger Federer

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French Open

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic

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Rafael Nadal

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Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic

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Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal

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Amelie Mauresmo, Matt Little, Mark Bender and Kim Murray

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Andy Murray

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Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

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Simona Halep

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Amelie Mauresmo

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Roger Federer

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Kei Nishikori

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Hugh Grant and Anna Elisabet Eberstein

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Sam Groth

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Virginie Razzano

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Sam Stosur

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John McEnroe

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Steve Johnson

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Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor

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Gael Monfils

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Nicolas Mahut

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Gael Monfils

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Gael Monfils

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Aleksandra Krunic

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Roger Federer

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Ana Ivanovic

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Caroline Wozniacki

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Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka

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French Open


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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.