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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; (Andy Murray's Facebook page)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Random thoughts, observations and links from the tennis world ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 This adorable picture above got me thinking: Which tennis players from this era will kids be dressing up as for future Halloweens? The answer is no one, especially after Rafael Nadal abandoned the sleeveless/pirate look. Bring back the crazy styles, tennis, even if that means acid wash and wigs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 In fact, dare you to wear that on the court, Mikhail Youzhny or Tommy Haas:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Mikhail Youzhny and Tommy Haas (Sara Fisher's Instagram)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Why aren't Ryan and Christian Harrison playing doubles together at the Tallahassee Challenger this week?\u00A0Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug. And\u00A0play doubles together every chance they get, especially when said brothers made the U.S. Open quarterfinals last year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Courtesy of Maria Kirilenko, here she is with Alex Ovechkin and friends bouncing to some hip-hop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 This week I rewatched ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary &lt;em&gt;Renee&lt;/em&gt;, which tells the story of tennis' first and only transgender player, Renee Richards. Watch it if you haven't yet. It's streaming on Netflix.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Donald Young, in his own way, congratulated the umpire for calling a time violation on his opponent at the Savannah Challenger last week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Speaking of Challengers, having spent the last two weeks watching Ryan Harrison play at that level (via this USTA stream, which is great), all I can think is, \"Boy, he seems so relaxed.\" That's an odd phenomenon, considering he has way more pressure to win here than on the ATP Tour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Champions may drink responsibly, but they sure do bartend with reckless abandon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; (TennisMemes Facebook page)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Bar chat: Svetlana Kuznetsova is one of the most athletically gifted athletes on the WTA and has won two Slams. Has she underachieved or overachieved?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Not sure which I enjoy more: Andy Murray's dogs or Kim Sears' sense of humor:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/maggiemay_hem/status/329982115326332930&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0BMW missed a prime comedic opportunity in giving Petra Kvitova a Beemer instead of a Mini Cooper. Also, what's up with Grand Slam champions getting free cars all of the time? Maria Sharapova won't even give away free bags of Sugarpova this easily.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Here's Sergiy Stakhovsky's version of Hawk-Eye on clay: When in doubt, just take a picture of the ball mark with your camera phone. Let's not give Caroline Wozniacki any ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3) in Portugal this week. So you could say the only thing separating Pavs and Vez is one Martina Hingis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Check out the recent results from 21-year-old Pablo Carreno-Busta. He's won seven straight Futures events and beat Pablo Andujar in Casablanca and Robin Haase in Barcelona, along with victories this week against Julien Benneteau, David Goffin and Fabio Fognini in Portugal. A name to track, and someone I'm looking forward to watching for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 I'm also looking forward to seeing Victoria Azarenka back on the court, in Madrid. It's been more than a month and a half since her last match. It's easy to forget that she's a threat on clay. She made the final of Stuttgart and Madrid last year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 The curse and benefit of playing a streaking player: Azarenka draws a red-hot Pavluchenkova in the first round of Madrid. Unfortunately (fortunately?) for Pavlyuchenkova, she's in the final of the Portugal Open on Saturday and will have little time to prepare for that opening-round match.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 Wait, is this a tennis tournament or an underfunded remake of &lt;em&gt;American Gladiators&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; (Madrid Open)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0The ATP posted its first Vine and it's kind of the stuff of nightmares.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Ah, nostalgia: Genie Bouchard was 1 when Skee-Lo released &lt;em&gt;I Wish&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/geniebouchard/status/330143245042610176&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022\u00A0Radek Stepanek is back after neck surgery in January and, yes, his shirts are still horrendous:\n (Christof Stache/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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