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5:45 p.m.
Although Wimbledon is still one month away, Nicolas Mahut is already playing like he's on grass.
The Frenchman came to the net 104 times during his third-round match against countryman Gilles Simon on Friday. The strategy didn't work: Simon won 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1.
The 12th-seeded Simon preferred to hug the baseline, coming to the net just 29 times.
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5:25 p.m.
The feathers. The anguish. Richard Gasquet is having trouble forgetting the pigeon that got tangled in television equipment during his second-round win.
The unfortunate bird got stuck under a cable attached to a camera.