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Tennis Not Suited for Rocky at Monday’s Open
On Monday I was back and forth between the Grandstand and Armstrong courts, looking for the Rocky of tennis. But something occurred to me as I watched the underdogs go down: In boxing, you always hear about a puncher’s chance. But in tennis, one great punch is only one point, and to win a best-of-five [...]
Soderling’s Zone Versus Federer’s Perpetual Zone: Two Historic Records at Stake
Robin Soderling has been deep into the zone for a week now, overcoming the heretofore unbeatable on clay Rafael Nadal, and yesterday coming back from the near dead to beat Fernando Gonzalez. The surly Swede next plays legend-bound Roger Federer, a player who has been in a zone all his own for five years, reaching 20 [...]
