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The weekend after Wimbledon, Andy Murrays Great Britain and Novak Djokovics Serbia will play in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup, and the important preparations are about to begin. Murrays grandmother will soon be baking shortbread for the British team.Its become one of those silly traditions that I always supply some shortbread for the team, Shirley Erskine, who is in her 80s, told the Wimbledon Diary. I bake some for every tie, though of course its not the sort of thing that players should have in their diet. I always find a way of getting the shortbread to the team, whether or not Roy [her husband] and I are travelling to the tie.A piece of shortbread would be kryptonite for gluten-free Djokovic, who has just opened a vegan restaurant in Monte Carlo. But the British team couldnt survive without the shortbread, which helped fuel their run to last seasons title, Britains first since 1936.One difficulty for away ties -- such as this one, which will be played in Belgrade -- is keeping the shortbread fresh while going through airport security. I always seal up the tin to try to keep the shortbread fresh, but then you have to get the tin through security, said Erskine, who is Judy Murrays mother. You tell them that its just shortbread inside but the tin still has to be opened and then the seal is broken.Tight security no longer a surpriseHow quickly the players have become accustomed to the higher levels of security at this summers Championships. No one at the Aorangi Park practice courts seemed to even take a second glance when some heavily-armed police, with sub-machine guns, passed through on patrol.Quote of the dayWhy 2016 scandals are great for tennisSome might suggest that this has been a trying year for tennis, what with the match-fixing allegations that were made before the Australian Open, and Maria Sharapovas suspension after failing a doping test. But Serena Williams coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has told the Wimbledon Diary that this has been great for tennis as it shows no one is above the law.Tennis players are human -- they make mistakes and people cheat, said Mouratoglou. They do things that arent allowed. But the good thing is that people are caught.I think there is much less doping and match-fixing in tennis than there is in other sports, for reasons I cant explain. Im just sure of it. Its fine if we catch them. 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We continued to fight the whole game and we have to credit everyone who stepped on the court.Frazier had 21 points and 14 assists, Terrence Jones added 17 points and the New Orleans Pelicans won their third straight game with a 112-94 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.Pelicans forward Anthony Davis returned to begin the fourth quarter after bruising his right knee and missing the second and third periods. Davis, a three-time All-Star and the NBAs leading scorer, finished with 13 points.New Orleans led by 20 at the end of the first quarter and never let up.Dennis Schroder and Kyle Korver each scored 14 for the Hawks, who have lost three in a row. Atlanta was tied for the Eastern Conference lead last week but now begins a five-game road trip playing its worst basketball of the young season.I think it will be great for us, center Dwight Howard said. These early tests are only going to make us stronger.The Pelicans have won five of seven and are 3-0 since Jrue Holiday returned after missing the first 12 games to be with his sick wife. Holiday had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in 27 minutes.X-rays were negative on Davis, who banged his leg against a chair while chasing the ball out of bounds. He lunged into the fourth row of chairs near the Atlanta bench and came up limping.Davis walked slowly off the floor and into the locker room, but seemed to move with ease while playing 9 minutes of the fourth.Weve just got to do the little things, diving on the floor -- obviously not into the stands -- but rebound the basketball,, boxing out and all the little things that matter that probably a lot of the teams overlook, Davis said.dddddddddddd When you do the little things, it will take care of everything else.Since beating Milwaukee on Nov. 16, the Hawks lost Friday at Charlotte when Howard was ejected for a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter and Sunday at New York when Schroder had his worst game in his first season as the starting point guard.There was nothing marginal about this loss.New Orleans led by 34-14 after the first quarter and went up by 30 twice in the second. Jones hook shot made it 51-21 at the 8:09 mark and the Pelicans had a 22-point lead at halftime.They were up by 35 midway through the third on Fraziers 3-pointer and began the fourth with a 24-point lead.Every time it got a little closer they made a big shot or got a stop, Hawks forward Kent Bazemore said after scoring one point in 18 minutes. They kept us at arms length tonight.TIP-INSPelicans: Jones was sick earlier in the day and didnt know how much hed be able to play, but he made his first five shots and had no turnovers in 28 minutes. Im still really sick, he said. I just wanted to fight for my team. ... ETwaun Moore scored 15 points and Solomon Hill added 11. ... New Orleans outscored Atlanta 23-9 on fast breaks.Hawks: Reserve F Thabo Sefolosha, who missed the last three games with a mild sprain in his left knee, had six points and three rebounds in 23 minutes. ... Taurean Prince, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Malcolm Delaney each scored 10. ... Atlanta was outscored 44-34 in the paint.UP NEXTPelicans: Host Minnesota on Wednesday.Hawks: Visit Indiana on Wednesday. ' ' '