Tag Archives: Nadal
Petrushka in Fist Pumps
Australian Open, Quarterfinals (Day Nine) (2) Nadal d. (7) Berdych, 6/7 7/6 6/4 6/3 Serving at 5-6 in the second tiebreaker, Rafael Nadal came within a foot of trailing Tomas Berdych two sets to love. Luckily for the Spaniard, the … Continue reading
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Skewed Straight Sets
Australian Open, Second Round (Day Three) Presumably everyone who cares to know is already exhausted by the unfolding brouhaha between the world’s finest male tennis players and the sport’s governing bodies. The salient issues include the excessive length of the … Continue reading
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Significance without Meaning
Abu Dhabi, Semifinals Djokovic d. Federer, 6/2 6/1 Ferrer d. Nadal, 6/3 6/2 Novak Djokovic today crushed Roger Federer in less than three quarters of an hour. David Ferrer took slightly over an hour to inflict the same treatment on … Continue reading
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Surely It Cannot Continue
There is a theoretical maximum to the number of points that any single tennis player can accrue in a season, and for a long time this year Novak Djokovic was hell-bent on getting closer to it than anyone ever has. … Continue reading
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On Their Day, On Their Clay
Davis Cup, Final Day Three Nadal d. del Potro, 1/6 6/4 6/1 7/6 The final stroke of the 2011 tennis season was a forehand winner by Rafael Nadal, and it won the Davis Cup for Spain. Neither occurrence is especially … Continue reading
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Thrown Under The Hooves
Davis Cup, Final Day One Nadal d. Monaco, 6/1 6/1 6/2 Ferrer d. del Potro, 6/2 6/7 3/6 6/4 6/3 Juan Monaco, in what he himself declared to be the most important tennis match of his career, was thrashed by … Continue reading
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The F Bomb
Reasoning that tennis might well survive my inattention more or less intact, I had paid it little heed since the Tour Finals concluded last Sunday. Both the sport and I were doubtless better for it. Sadly, my indifference could not … Continue reading
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Moving Parts
World Tour Finals, Day Five (4) Federer d. (8) Fish, 6/1 3/6 6/3 (7) Tsonga d. (2) Nadal, 7/6 4/6 6/3 Mardy Fish has every reason to feel despondent with his 2011 World Tour Finals campaign, leaving the tournament early … Continue reading
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Doings, Transpiring
World Tour Finals, Day Three (4) Federer d. (2) Nadal, 6/3 6/0 Andy Murray is out, Roger Federer is up, and Rafael Nadal is down. Mardy Fish is probably out, too – his results so far living down to his … Continue reading
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Indecipherable Patterns
World Tour Finals, Day One (4) Federer d. (7) Tsonga, 6/2 2/6 6/4 (2) Nadal d. (8) Fish, 6/2 3/6 7/6 The first match of the irregular tennis season – the dusky coda of the World Tour and Davis Cup … Continue reading
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