With 8 days remaining til I go to Paris, I don’t have much time to post anything besides links.  One quick note – Gasquet, who should be punished if he is ultimately found guilty of the cocaine allegations, should raise all kinds of hell if he is indeed suspended for the reported two years.  Considering a typical suspension for first time PED offenders in tennis is 7 months, doesn’t two years sound absurd?  That would be like a parent grouding a child for three months after a DUI, but only not feeding the kid dessert after his third stint in rehab.

James Martin agrees. So does Jon Wertheim.

Bonnie Ford weighs in (with words, not grams).

Pat McEnroe advocating that Americans ‘embrace’ clay.  Well, it should be noted that Blake made it to the Finals in Estoril last weekend, and is in the Round of 16 in Madrid.

Serena, the ‘best player in the world,’ has lost 4 matches in a row.

Retractable roof in the plans for Roland Garros.

New CNN/SI feature.

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Just a few months after claiming Murray should not be talked about in the same category as the “Big 3,” Djokovic finds himself ranked behind him.

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