Category Archives: Grand Slams
Luck of the Draw: US Open 2013
The draw for the US Open has been released in the traditional fashion, which is to write the names of every eligible player on little slips of paper, place them all in an antique cannon in the middle of Arthur … Continue reading
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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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A Monumental Accomplishment
French Open, Final (3) Nadal d. (4) Ferrer, 6/3 6/2 6/3 Rafael Nadal has defeated David Ferrer in straight sets in the French Open final, thus becoming the first man in the history of tennis to win the same Major … Continue reading
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