Tokyo and Beijing Quarterfinals, 8 October 2010
Monfils d. Roddick 7/6 4/6 7/6 Roleplay time! You’re a hardcore American tennis fan who suffered severe head trauma (boating accident) and was placed into an induced coma circa October 2003. Andy...
View ArticleShanghai Masters 1000, 12 October 2010
Roddick d. Kohlschreiber 6/3 2/1 Andy Roddick looked startlingly sharp today, the sharpest I’ve seen him since Miami. Then again, it could be that I haven’t seen him play an early round match since...
View ArticleSeparated at Birth
Kukushkin d. Youzhny, 6/3 7/6 Melzer d. Haider-Maurer, 6/7 7/6 6/4 Monfils d. Ljubicic, 6/2 5/7 6/1 “Today I was again very solid I think in my game, but also emotionally. I am extremely happy about...
View ArticleHardcourt 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...
View ArticleBand-chariots and Backstops
Monte Carlo Masters 1000, Second Round Raonic d. Gulbis, 6/4 7/5 Can you envisage the chaos that results when bandwagons collide? What does a bandwagon even look like? (It looks like this.) As a...
View ArticleUsed Dishwater
Houston, Final (4) Monaco d. (2) Isner, 6/2 3/6 6/3 Juan Monaco today earned himself a career-high ranking of No.14, the right to call himself the US Men’s Clay Court Champion (ladies), and a...
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