Round oneof the six million dollar (US) tennisGrand SlamCupcontinuedinMunich, Germanyon Wednesday, with the current Wimbledon, USOpenandFrenchOpenChampionsallin action.
At a time when the EU is trying to persuade reluctant countries to open up their energy markets to the fierce winds of competition and abandon the French idea of "national champions", Gazprom is a very vivid example that such allegedly old-fashioned out-of-date thinking can work dramatically well for the country concerned.