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BY GUILLAUME TRANCHARD
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Paris-based photographer Guillaume Tranchard sends a dispatch from the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.

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The kid from Coorg has been serving
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By Tim Newcomb
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BY PATRICK J. SAUER
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FILM

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