Marat Safin gives an interview to Russian Hello! Magazine in his Moscow apartment. It looks like someone is a photography buff (Spletnik via GOTOTENNIS)

Carlos Moya is expecting his first child with his girlfriend Carolina Cerezuela (Revista Tenis)

Ivan Lendl will play against Mats Wilander in his first exhibition match since retiring in Atlantic City. Marat Safin will play Andy Roddick in the other match (The Canadian Press)

Uncle Toni wanted Nadal to withdraw BEFORE his Aussie semifinal match with Andy Murray (Revista Tenis)

The story of Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer’s disqualification after they had match point in their second-round match. Moral to the story – don’t throw your racquet. Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi went on to win the South African tournament (iol)

Dmitry Tursunov pulled out of the SAP Open this week and may need a third surgery on his ankle (Sacramento Bee)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga pulled out of Rotterdam because of a stomach muscle injury (ESPN)

Gilles Simon withdrew from Rotterdam because of a right knee injury (Tennis Connected)

Mark Philippoussis lost his first match in a Challenger event in Dallas (Open Court)

Bernard Tomic wins a Challenger event in Tasmania (Fox Sports)

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Musketeer extraordinaire, Gael Monfils during his tricolor match with Jeremy Chardy.

A look at Monfils, Tsonga, Simon & Ouanna's bond on and off the court. They, as a group, put in a respectable showing at Flushing Meadows after having a rough last couple of months. Two of the four are now into the second week (NYT)

An examination of Safin’s career that was plagued by questions of what if (SI)

The top ten dominate, but really the top three REALLY dominate (WSJ)

The always smart and thoughtful, Mats Wilander likes Juan Martin del Potro (Busted Racquet)

His run for the USO title my be difficult and hampered, but Nadal is winning the shirtless poll hands down (PopSugar)

A crazy story about Canada’s Peter Polansky's freak accident and recovery (NYT)

What a difference 18 months makes for Serbian players (New York Observer)

Rafa-mania at the USO (Straight Sets)

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