Tag Archives: Soderling
Empty, Blissful and Still
The Next Point Enterprises, in conjunction with Hallmark and the South Australian Board of Agriculture, is proud to announce the release of a truly inspirational gift, just in time for Mother’s Day. The Roger Rasheed 2012 Desk Calendar collects, for … Continue reading
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Hardcourt Retrospective 2012 (Part Two)
This is Part Two of my look back at some of the players for whom the hardcourt season proved definitive, for better or for worse. The selection of players discussed might seem odd, although this is hopefully only because it … Continue reading
Filed under ATP Tour, By the Numbers
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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Yet Again . . .
The semifinalists for Roland Garros 2011 have been decided, and for a wonder the Big Four constitute the final four. The lazy inclination is to add a knowing ‘yet again’, but in fact it only seems that way. It occurs … Continue reading
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Thud
French Open, Day Five Six qualifiers have progressed to the third round of Roland Garros: Antonio Veic, Leonardo Mayer, Lukas Rosol, Steve Darcis, Alejandro Falla and Lukasz Kubot. I’d like to say this is the first time, but honestly I … Continue reading
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Important Points
Rome Masters 1000, Third Round Two more contenders for Match of the Year emerged today, happy news for a season that has hitherto produced few classics. Initially, however, the prospects for even mild diversion looked grim. Nadal d. Lopez, 6/4 … Continue reading
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Roman Horror-day
Rome Masters 1000, Second Round Soderling d. Verdasco, 2/6 7/5 6/4 Madrid and Rome won’t be the only Masters 1000 events to run back-to-back this year, but as far I can tell they are the only ones that will actually … Continue reading
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Hardcourt Retrospective (Part 1)
As the tour descends with wrathful inevitability upon the dirt of southern Europe, and thence the grass, the time seems apposite to look back at the prolonged hardcourt season just ended, the one that began in Atlanta last July, and … Continue reading
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A Sobering Memento
Indian Wells, Third Round Kohlschreiber d. Soderling, 7/6 6/4 Nadal d. Sweeting, 6/3 6/1 For the first time in their rivalry, Robin Soderling and Philip Kohlschreiber failed to go the distance, largely because the distance lay somewhere deep in the … Continue reading
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