I’ll be the first to admit, with the Red Sox starting off their season (poorly, I might add), the Celtics looking poised to make a deep run in the playoffs, and the Bruins starting the defense of their Stanley Cup title, tennis news has not exactly been on the forefront of my mind recently. Luckily for you, I can scour the net for good articles better than any other. Here are the fruits of my labor:

Clearly, Mardy Fish is not close to 100%.

Need to see more of this from Mardy!

On the other hand, John Isner most certainly is. However, he has withdrawn from Monte Carlo to get in better shape for the remainder of the clay-court season.

Richard Pagliaro even warns the Roland Garros field of Big John.

Peter Bodo claims that Serena has found ‘religion’ in the Fed Cup.

Informative, succinct interview with Juan Monaco.

Clay-court preview courtesy of Ravi Ubha of ESPN.

Tignor’s Clay preview, parts one, two AND three.

1st quarter reports are in: 10 Great Performances, 5 Surprise Performances.

Finally, another stellar edition of Wertheim’s mailbag.