CHOOSE WELL Andy Murray is allegedly weighing whether to skip the ATP World Tour's season-ending championship in favor of preparing for the Davis Cup final against Belgium. If he were to win at London's O2 Arena (not the Davis Cup venue, mind you), his pay day could be up to 1.3 million British pounds, the equivalent of US $2.016 million. We should all have such conundrums, right?
GOING OUT IN STYLE Flavia Pennetta, the belle of the ball at this year's U.S. Open, 1,000 onlookers in her Italian hometown upon winning the biggest title of her career. In the wake of that victory and with her own retirement impending, the easy smile she flashes has never looked warmer.
ICYMI Andre Agassi sat down with *Harvard Business Review* to talk about his historic rivalries, his current school-building projects and much more. Among the highlights, this on Pete Sampras:
"A great rival is like a mirror. You have to look at yourself, acknowledge where you fall short, make adjustments, and nurture the areas where you overachieve. There were times my rivals brought out the best in me; there were times they brought out the worst. They probably helped me win things I never would have otherwise; they also cost me titles. I don’t know how you quantify what it would have been like without a rival like Pete Sampras. I would have won more. But I think I would have been worse without him."
And about his wife, Steffi Graf:
"She had an athleticism over her peers that was quite a luxury. When she was in full form, she was just a horse that wasn’t going to be caught."
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