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No, And Never
Wimbledon, Final (2) Djokovic d. (1) Nadal, 6/4 6/1 1/6 6/3 The sport’s most prestigious title hung in the balance. Rafael Nadal’s inevitable and ferocious counterattack had delivered him the third set 6/1, and the looming questions became if and … Continue reading
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Definitive Moments
Wimbledon, Semifinals (1) Nadal d. (4) Murray (2) Djokovic d. (12) Tsonga I do not generally subscribe the idea of a single definitive turning point in tennis matches, and am slow to discuss any encounter in such terms. Fundamentally, the … Continue reading
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The More Things Stay The Same
Wimbledon, Semifinals The Final Four The Earth having made its way around the Sun precisely once since the Wimbledon semifinals were last contested, we may safely declare that a year has passed. And yet, in both senses, it seems we’ve … Continue reading
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Those Fabled Mole People
Time to finish my preview of the Wimbledon quarterfinals. High time. The first part can be found here. (3) Federer v (12) Tsonga Proving emphatically that there is momentum to be gained from a strong showing at Queens, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga … Continue reading
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He Is The Man, No?
French Open, Semifinal (3) Federer d. (2) Djokovic, 7/6 6/3 3/6 7/6 In the end – for the players, the crowd, and at least one person on the far side of the world – it was all about light. As … Continue reading
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Yet Again . . .
The semifinalists for Roland Garros 2011 have been decided, and for a wonder the Big Four constitute the final four. The lazy inclination is to add a knowing ‘yet again’, but in fact it only seems that way. It occurs … Continue reading
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Running On Vapour
Rome Masters 1000, Final Djokovic d. Nadal, 6/4 6/4 Along with everyone else, I correctly predicted that today’s Rome final would not be an epic, but again like everyone else, I was mistaken as to why. The widespread expectation was … Continue reading
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In Praise of Ephemera
Rome Masters 1000, Semifinal Djokovic d. Murray, 6/1 3/6 7/6 Attempting to preserve ephemera via that most base and ephemeral of media – the internet – is doubtless a fool’s endeavour, even with the all the resources in the world. … Continue reading
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‘Red Hardcourt!’
Madrid Masters 1000, Final Djokovic d. Nadal, 7/5 6/4 Novak Djokovic has beaten Rafael Nadal in the final of a Masters 1000 event for the third time in as many months, which doesn’t make the task of writing about it … Continue reading
Atmospherics
Madrid Masters 1000, Semifinals Nadal d Federer, 5/7 6/1 6/3 Djokovic d Bellucci, 4/6 6/4 6/1 The word of the week has been ‘altitude’. Apparently Madrid has lots of it, and no opportunity has been missed to point out the … Continue reading
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