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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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Luck of the Draw: World Tour Finals 2011
Group A: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych Group B: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Mardy Fish The draw for the World Tour Finals has been released from whatever was restraining it, and the astounding news is … Continue reading
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The End Is Nigh
Paris Masters 1000, Third Round (5) Berdych d. (11) Tipsarevic, 7/5 6/4 Monaco d. (7) Fish, 1/6 7/6 1/2 ret. (1) Djokovic d. (15) Troicki, 4/6 6/3 6/1 The consequences of Tomas Berdych’s perpetually evolving victory over Janko Tipsarevic in … Continue reading
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Burly Men Draped In Bedding
Valencia, Second Round Querrey d. (2) Tsonga, 7/6 6/2 With five of the eight London spots in already claimed, the race for the remaining three is tight, which under ideal circumstances would mean that the contenders are giving their all, … Continue reading
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Wildcards No More
Shanghai Masters, Second Round (10) Roddick d. Dimitrov, 7/6 7/5 Tomic d. (5) Fish, 4/6 6/1 6/4 Nishikori d. Haase, 0/6 7/5 7/6 The talk, as the Shanghai Masters commenced, was of how so anaemic a main draw might nonetheless … Continue reading
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Historical Precedent
US Open, Fourth Round (3) Federer d. Monaco, 6/1 6/2 6/0 (11) Tsonga d. (8) Fish, 6/4 6/7 3/6 6/4 6/2 Exceptional in so many ways, Roger Federer also eludes the various cliches directed at the elderly, most particularly that … Continue reading
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Resistance Is Futile
Montreal Masters, Final (1) Djokovic d. (6) Fish, 6/2 3/6 6/4 Novak Djokovic’s excellent gambol through 2011 continues untrammelled, although for all that it has ranked among the most impressive runs in men’s tennis history, it is only now that … Continue reading
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A Comforting Thought
Montreal Masters, Semifinals Fish d. Tipsarevic, 6/3 6/4 When Mardy Fish assumed the mantle of the top ranked US male tennis player, there was a widespread and mostly justified belief that his ascent owed as much to Andy Roddick’s decline … Continue reading
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The Art of Understatement
Gstaad, Final Granollers d. Verdasco, 6/4 3/6 6/3 Hands up who remembers that American Express ad from some years back, the one in which Andy Roddick stoically endures those side-splitting situations that arise when one transports various trophies via commercial … Continue reading
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A Final Mix Up
Hamburg, Final (5) Simon d. (3) Almagro, 6/4 4/6 6/4 Somewhere between the week that was and the finals that weren’t, the finals that should have been were misplaced. The surprisingly enjoyable German Open taught us that second tier Europeans … Continue reading
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