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LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX Australian sensation Nick Kyrgios, now 20, is game to discuss topics with journalists that others deem outside the lines—including sex. Asked whether he subscribes by the pre-match self-ban on sexual relations that it's assumed most players adhere to, Kyrgios tells GQ's new Aussie edition, “Ha! No, I don’t abide by that rule. I don’t abide by that at all.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, he says, "And if they're good enough, some of the top players have lots of girls as well."
RACKETY ANDY The world's best player in men's tennis to have a female coach, Andy Murray, makes a lot of noise in coming down on the side of the WTA tour's product. That's well documented by this point, and players, including No. 1 Serena Williams, have taken notice. "He watches more than I do and makes me feel bad," Serena says. "I'm like, gosh. I think that's inspiring. He really is pro-woman."
SHARALOVA Maria Sharapova speaks to why her relationship with Grigor Dimitrov, ousted by Jack Sock in the French Open's first round, works. "He knows the drill," she says. Rest assured, she's not talking about tennis.
WATCH YOURSELF Rafael Nadal can be found sporting a timepiece in Paris that's valued at $800,000. The RM 27-02 from Richard Mille is, in Nadal's own repeated words, "an extreme watch." With that in mind, an inventory of just 50 pieces is on the market.
ICYMI WTA stateswoman Venus Williams avoided addressing to the media after her first-round loss to Sloane Stephens at Roland Garros, and she was subsequently fined $3,000 by tournament officials, as expected.
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