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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...
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Dreamboats
Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Quarterfinals Nicolas Almagro, a six foot monument to meticulous grooming and preternaturally clear skin, would not look misplaced in that kind of daytime soap opera...
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Atmospherics
Madrid Masters 1000, Semifinals Nadal d Federer, 5/7 6/1 6/3 Djokovic d Bellucci, 4/6 6/4 6/1 The word of the week has been ‘altitude’. Apparently Madrid has lots of it, and no opportunity has been...
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Epic
French Open, Day Six (13) Gasquet d. (23) Bellucci, 6/2 6/3 3/6 6/3 The stylistic cliches that define tennis coverage are legion, and cover the entire spectrum of suck, from bowel-wrenching...
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Sodden Balls, A Tin Sky
Monte Carlo Masters, Third Round Haase d. Bellucci, 6/2 6/3 Last week in Casablanca, Robin Haase, not the latest great hope of Dutch tennis but still arguably the best, lost to Lamine Ouahab, ranked...
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Hearts of Gold
Vienna, Stockholm, Moscow, Finals There were three ATP finals played almost concurrently last night, or yesterday depending on your time zone of preference. All of them took place in continental...
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