- Upsets about early in Monte Carlo: Gilles Simon went down in the first round to qualifier Andreas Beck in straight sets, Janko Tisperavic takes out Monfils easily (do French players just start getting scared about Roland Garros 6 weeks out?), Robredo goes down to Juan Monaco, Stepanek to qualifier Lapentti, Almagro ousted in a 3rd set breaker by Montanes, and Berdych fell to qualifier Fognini.  At least no Americans were upset.  Oh wait, that’s because no Americans are actually playing (in the singles draw at least), as Blake, Roddick, Isner, Querrey, Fish, etc etc etc are all missing.  I’m sure it has absolutely nothing to do with our epic success on the European Red Clay.

- In ‘other’ news from the past few days, Roger Federer got hitched.  This is one step in a long road for Federer to put a nix on these rumors.

- As Peter Bodo points out, Easter weekend brought a resurrection for certain tennis players. 

- Great article from Joel Drucker on time management for tennis and life.

- Just learned some American gals have started a successful campaign in Charleston, as Bethanie Mattek-Sands and qualifier Shenay Perry advanced to the second round.

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