During World Series games Tim was seen cheer-leading his mates inning after inning, not sulking as Cabrera and Fielder were caught doing every time TV cameras zoomed into their dugout.
The opening day of the second grand slam of the season did not feature the leading attractions, but French hope and fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave the home crowd some cheer with a four sets win over Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov.