Author Archives: Jesse Pentecost
We Once Found Him Flawed
Wimbledon, Final (2) Murray d. (1) Djokovic, 6/4 7/5 6/4 Andy Murray has defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets to claim the 2013 edition of Wimbledon, concluding a stretch of nearly eight decades in which the British furiously awaited their … Continue reading
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Thrust Upon Us
Wimbledon, Semifinals (1) Djokovic d. (8) del Potro, 7/5 4/6 7/6 6/7 6/3 (2) Murray d. (24) Janowicz, 6/7 6/4 6/4 6/3 The final of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships will be contested between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, who are … Continue reading
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A Type of Sorcery
Wimbledon, Quarterfinals There was a moment there, as Andy Murray trailed Fernando Verdasco by a couple of sets, Jerzy Janowicz  had been reduced to blubbering incoherency and Juan Martin del Potro was one functioning knee short of a full complement, … Continue reading
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Some Kind of Madness
The second Monday at Wimbledon is, by the reckoning of many, the single finest day of men’s tennis on the annual calendar, a status reflected in the apparently irresistible urge to append an alliterative descriptor to it. It has been … Continue reading
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The Doomsday Clock
Wimbledon, Day Six Tomic d. (9) Gasquet, 7/6 5/7 7/5 7/6 Never let it be said that Wimbledon lacks that special British touch. For the record I don’t believe anyone does say that, except mumbled ironically through a fifteen dollar … Continue reading
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Mown Down
Wimbledon, Day Three Day Three of Wimbledon 2013 was one that will be remembered for a long time, despite the understandable determination of many fans, and a few players, to take to the bottle in order to forget. Others have … Continue reading
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Wise After the Fact
Wimbledon, Day One Darcis d. (5) Nadal, 7/6 7/6 6/4 To suggest that draw analysis is an inexact science is misleading, insofar as it suggests that the act of predicting how a tennis tournament will play out based on the … Continue reading
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Luck of the Draw: Wimbledon 2013
The draw for the 2013 edition of Wimbledon has been released in its traditional manner. Under the watchful supervision of the All England Club’s chief gamekeeper, a number of burly beaters take to a nearby copse with long paddles, in … Continue reading
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Detailed prophecy is not our business
Halle, Final (1) Federer d. Youzhny, 6/7 6/3 6/4 Roger Federer has defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the Gerry Weber Open, a result that, as ever, prompted a number of categories, great or obscure, to increase their value … Continue reading
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Heart of Grass
Halle and Queens, Quarterfinals It is entirely consistent with a grass season that ends too soon that it should also commence too suddenly. Main draw matches in Halle started less than twenty-four hours after the participants in the French Open … Continue reading
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