Author Archives: Jesse Pentecost
We Might Run Out Of Words
Cincinnati Masters, Final (4) Nadal d. Isner, 7/6 7/6 Rafael Nadal has won the Cincinnati Masters, defeating John Isner to claim his second Masters event in two weeks, and his third hardcourt Masters of the year. Prolonged domination by a … Continue reading
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These People Should Not Be Encouraged
Cincinnati Masters, Quarterfinal (4) Nadal d. (5) Federer, 5/7 6/4 6/3 Just as the merest commonplace can attain greater profundity via translation into Latin – quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur – the indication that a rivalry has attained world-historical significance … Continue reading
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Reliably Inspirational
Cincinnati Masters, Second Round A fine third day at the Cincinnati Masters yielded the best selection of professional men’s tennis matches in months. As ever in North America this wondrous congregation of talent was witnessed by a formidable array of … Continue reading
The Key To All Mythologies
Montreal Masters, Final (4) Nadal d. (11) Raonic, 6/2 6/2 Rafael Nadal has won the Canadian Masters for the third time, thrashing Milos Raonic in sixty-eight minutes for the loss of four games. It is Nadal’s twenty-fifth Masters title, placing … Continue reading
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A Baffled Facade
Montreal Masters, Quarterfinals (W) Pospisil d. Davydenko, 3/0 ret. (11) Raonic d. Gulbis, 7/6 4/6 6/4 (1) Djokovic d. (7) Gasquet, 6/1 6/2 (4) Nadal d. (Q) Matosevic, 6/2 6/4 Two Canadian players have reached the semifinals of the Montreal … Continue reading
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Menacing Phantoms
Montreal Masters, Day Two Whatever one’s expectations had been coming into this year’s Montreal Masters – I had few beyond an early loss for Bernard Tomic and ultimate triumph for Mikhail Youzhny – I doubt whether even ardent Canadian patriots … Continue reading
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An Aversion to Sequins
Having availed myself of an unanticipated and therefore unannounced break from civilisation, I am now back on deck, and thoroughly enchanted at the thought of writing about whatever meagre tennis remains in the US Summer. I’m disappointed to note I … Continue reading
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Imploring the Heavens
Hamburg, Final (12) Fognini d. (Q) Delbonis, 4/6 7/6 6/2 Fabio Fognini has won Hamburg’s German Tennis Championships, his second tournament victory in as many weeks, proving that anything can become habitual once you develop the knack for it. Speaking … Continue reading
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If Not Fast Then Furious
Hamburg, Semifinals (12) Fognini d. (3) Almagro, 6/4 7/6 (Q) Delbonis d. (1) Federer, 7/6 7/6 The final of the German Tennis Championships will be contested by Fabio Fognini, who has never reached this stage at any tournament so august, … Continue reading
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Never Seen That
BÃ¥stad, Stuttgart, Newport: Finals (With an excursion through cricket and cycling.) An Argentine, an Italian and a Frenchman all walk into a joke. Stop me if you’ve heard it. It’s a good one. Within the space of a few hours … Continue reading
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