That's a fascinating turn of events. I wish they had said why they think he was poisoned. Did some test reveal poisoning? Did someone say something to open this investigation? I wonder . . . Tennis has been infiltrated by the mob. How else to explain the gambling and poisoning and such.
I was the only one ever to order dessert or a Latte macchiato after dinner Serves him right, the glutton. Kidding aside, I agree with bperk that tennis may be in the early stages of what could be a major credibility crisis if there are multiple incidents of off-the-court shenanigans and illegalities aimed at affecting results on the court. For the time being, I'm willing to suspend judgment until something more substantive than the cryptic word of some trainer comes out as evidence that this truly was a poisoning.
If he was poisoned by the Russians, expect glowing reports in his future.
Zinged by yerfatma!
"It was the salmon mousse." ".... Wait a minute. I didn't have the salmon mousse."
"You are all dead. I am death." "Well, that's cast rather a pall over the evening, hasn't it?"
If the investigators find he's been sickened by curare-dipped grip tape, we'll know it was disgruntled ball boy Heath Thekthy, an erstwhile agent of the Petrograd Borgias.
