Tag Archives: Lopez
There Will Be Mud
Mikhail Youzhny yesterday recorded his first career match win over Benjamin Becker in Doha, which would admittedly be of scant interest even to me, if it wasn’t simultaneously the Russian’s 400th career match win over anyone anywhere. One night earlier … Continue reading
The Blue Shift
Stockholm, Second Round The news came in last night (over the wire) that Australia has secured a non-permanent place on the United Nations Security Council. For months we have been warned by a succession of government ministers that this was … Continue reading
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Meltingly Warm and Liquid Quick
US Open, Days Five and Six (3) Murray d. (30) Lopez 7/6 7/6 4/6 7/6 We’re now almost three rounds deep in the 2012 US Open, and one of the top three seeds has actually dropped a set. It was … 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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Found Very Out
The central narrative of Wimbledon 2011 has thus far followed those players who aren’t of the top four, yet have progressed to the final eight. That the top four are there as well no longer merits a chapter apparently, although … Continue reading
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Fiasco
Madrid Masters 1000, First and Second Rounds It is a testament to the rankings trout-farm between 10 and, say, 30, that so few of today’s ostensible upsets were surprising. The betting market was a shambles, which should have been a … Continue reading
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Weeks Like This
The biggest problem with weeks like this, in which three concurrent 250 tournaments have snuck in just as the clay season hits its stride in Madrid, is that for the most part the events are disposable. Understandably, players are unwilling … Continue reading
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Those Bedroom Thighs
Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Semifinals Nadal d. Dodig, 6/3 6/2 Ferrer d. Almagro, 6/3 6/4 Sadly, RFET’s Davis Cup kerfuffle has dominated tennis headlines, and has thus easily claimed line honours as Bummer of the Week. Although somewhat overshadowed, there … Continue reading
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The Tomic Test
Australian Open, Second Round Tomic d. Lopez, 7/6 7/6 6/3 31st seed Feliciano Lopez today lost in straight sets to Bernard Tomic, who is ranked No.199 in the world. The Australian press has commemorated this result with characteristic composure. The … Continue reading
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The Jingos
Australian Open, First Round Youzhny d. Ilhan, 6/2 6/3 7/6 Armed with the day’s schedule, a map of the grounds, and some marker pens, the family beside me – I dubbed them the Jingos – were laboriously charting their course … Continue reading
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