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The Paradox of Experience and Decline
Wimbledon, Second Round (5) Soderling d. Hewitt, 6/7 3/6 7/5 6/4 6/4 The choice of commentary, ultimately, came down to Greg Rusedski or John Newcombe. Who was less unbearable? On the one hand, Newcombe’s approach was neatly summed up by … Continue reading
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Those Little Flags
Wimbledon, First Round Tomic d. (29) Davydenko, 7/5 6/3 7/5 Hewitt d. Nishikori, 6/1 7/6 6/7 6/3 Last week, my boss participated in the CEO Sleepout, a fund raising event at which scores of managing directors and politicians and sundry … Continue reading
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Normal Service Resumes
Aegon Championships, London, Final Garry Weber Open, Halle, Final Kohlschreiber d. Petzschner, 7/6 2/0 The story overnight was of a final without a finale and a final that couldn’t start. The first saw the first all-German final in Germany since … Continue reading
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The Rule of Pairs
Kohlschreiber d. Hewitt, 7/6 6/3 Tsonga d. Nadal, 6/7 6/4 6/1 Roddick d. Verdasco, 6/2 6/2 The best day’s line up since yesterday provided some better play, and an uneasy sense of things happening in pairs: both defending champions went … Continue reading
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Hardcourt Retrospective (Part 2)
Welcome to my continuing look back at the hardcourt season just ended. The first part, which goes into slightly more detail about why I’m even bothering, can be found here. Part One looked at the top players. This part examines … 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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Don’t Watch This Space
Yet another week with three tournaments running concurrently, meaning that for the general tennis fan – whose interest begins and ends at the majors – there is a vast array of tennis to not get caught up in. Depending on … Continue reading
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Ponderous Levity
Hopman Cup Murray d. Mahut 7/6 7/6 Lleyton Hewitt was back in the commentary booth last night, and so was ‘tremendous ball striking’. But that wasn’t the strangest thing he said. Invited to analyse his loss to Novak Djokovic – … Continue reading
Tremendous Ball Striking
Hopman Cup Djokovic d. Golubev, 4/6 6/3 6/1 Anthony Hudson began his post-match interview with Serbia’s sweat-slicked Ana Ivanovic by declaring ‘You’re looking pretty hot’, and it only grew more awkward from there. Positively radiant from exertion, victory and genetics … Continue reading
A Seductive Metonymy
Nadal d. Djokovic, 7/5 6/2 When the draw for the ATP World Tour Finals was released last week, and we shyly confessed our relief that the Big Four were evenly split between the two groups, there was immediate anticipation of … Continue reading
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