Tag Archives: Tipsarevic
Vintage Stuff
Miami Masters 1000, Fourth Round Federer d. Rochus, 6/3 6/1 ‘This is looking like a mismatch, as though Rochus has brought a knife to a gunfight. Federer just has too much firepower.’ Robbie Koenig. We don’t expect much from tennis … Continue reading
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That’s What It’s For
Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Ferrer d. Almagro, 7/6 6/7 6/2 For the second time in as few years, a Spaniard came within a single match of capturing three titles in the Golden Swing, which, as achievements go, hardly ranks up … Continue reading
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A Thousand Times Before
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Memphis Roddick d. Tipsarevic, 6/1 7/6 Hewitt d. Mannarino, 6/7 7/5 6/0 Only fifteen minutes and half a dozen break points into Lleyton Hewitt’s torpid encounter with Adrian Mannarino, I realised I was no longer watching … Continue reading
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Shatter’d & sunder’d
As cavalry engagements are reckoned, the Charge of the Light Brigade is pretty celebrated, though if you only know a little of military history you might imagine the outing was a successful one. After all, Tennyson’s poem isn’t called the … Continue reading
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The Charge of the French Brigade
‘Flash’d all their sabres bare, Flash’d as they turned in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army while All the world wonder’d . . .’ It occurs to me, apropos of Guy Forget’s seemingly baffling decision to play Gilles … Continue reading
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Shanghai Masters 1000, 12 October 2010
Roddick d. Kohlschreiber 6/3 2/1 Andy Roddick looked startlingly sharp today, the sharpest I’ve seen him since Miami. Then again, it could be that I haven’t seen him play an early round match since then. Maybe he’s been starting all … Continue reading
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