Tag Archives: Djokovic
Unnamed Monday
Wimbledon, Day Seven Of the 128 men who more or less randomly populated the Wimbledon men’s singles draw on the tournament’s opening morning, fully 112 failed to last the week. They have since joined forces with the roughly three billion … Continue reading
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The Sun King
French Open, Day 16 (2) Nadal d. (1) Djokovic, 6/4 6/3 2/6 7/5 Rafael Nadal has won Roland Garros for the seventh time, which is the most times anyone has ever done it. There is presumably no one interested in … Continue reading
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On Place, and the Holding Thereof
French Open, Day 15 (2) Nadal leads (1) Djokovic, 6/4 6/3 2/6 1/2 Those expecting any kind of recapitulation of the unfolding, stuttering, lurching, despair-inducing, adjective-laden Roland Garros men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are bound to feel … Continue reading
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Scarlet Billows
French Open, Day 13 (2) Nadal d. (6) Ferrer, 6/2 6/2 6/1 (1) Djokovic d. (3) Federer, 6/4 7/5 6/3 By the time a tennis tournament has been reduced to just four men – continuing with my nuclear chemistry theme … Continue reading
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Les Particules élémentaires
French Open, Day Ten Much like other radioactive substances, the tournament draw at the 2012 French Open cleaves to a more or less fixed rate of exponential decay, weather permitting. After a slow start, the event discards precisely half its … Continue reading
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Psychic Wreckage
Rome Masters, Final (2) Nadal d. (1) Djokovic, 7/5 6/3 Patchily arrayed beneath threatening skies, a modest crowd greeted the players as they entered Court Centrale for the Rome Masters final, although what it lacked in biomass it made up … Continue reading
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Intrepid Naturalists
Rome Masters, Semifinals (1) Djokovic d. (3) Federer, 6/2 7/6 Until he stepped up to serve for tonight’s second semifinal at the Rome Masters, Novak Djokovic had dropped just one point on his first serve. It was an impressive stat … Continue reading
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The Drama Category
Rome Masters, Third Round Seppi d. Wawrinka, 6/7 7/6 7/6 The question of why Rome is my favourite Masters tournament was addressed with devastating intensity by Andreas Seppi and Stanislas Wawrinka on Court Nicola Pietrangeli today, ably supported by a … Continue reading
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First Strike
Madrid Masters, Quarterfinals David Ferrer was tonight defeated in clinical fashion by Roger Federer at the Madrid Masters, whereupon he shocked the attendant media by failing to threaten a boycott of the event next year. Unspoken words, reflecting unthought thoughts, … Continue reading
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An Unmatched Achievement
Monte Carlo Masters, Final (2) Nadal d. (1) Djokovic, 6/3 6/1 Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic today in a Monte Carlo final that was even more straightforward than the score line suggests, and considerably less exciting than the epoch-defining epic … Continue reading
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