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Serve and Volley
Serve and Volley
by | Jan 31, 2023

There is much to say about Novak Djokovic’s tennis game, and you cannot reduce his mastery of the sport to any single factor. But if the need existed, as in headline writing — see above — patience would be worth…

by | Jan 22, 2023

The big news in the climate-change world came not from Davos this past week, although the sirocco of gaseous blatherskite pouring from the mouths of the assembled climatistas and rushing down the Swiss mountainside had to raise the temperature of…

by | Jan 20, 2023

The Aussie put an ace on the T at 6-4 in the tiebreak to put himself ahead two zero in sets against Andy Murray. It was round two at the Australian Open, under the lights. Notwithstanding a brilliant defense at…

by | Sep 12, 2022

A great queen was dethroned and a young princess stepped up and took her place. A king was knocked out by a very young pretender bursting with talent and energy. Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal, queen and king of tennis…

by | Sep 5, 2022

There was a moment after the first set tiebreak when you could be forgiven for thinking the tall Russian could rally and pull through. Ranked no. 1 worldwide, though barred from the previous major at Wimbledon due to wartime hysteria,…

by | Sep 2, 2022

Ahead two sets to one and 3-0 in the fourth, Rafael Nadal, four-time U.S. Open champion, struck himself in the schnoz with his racquet and stumbled to the sidelines as medics rushed on court. It is Arthur Ashe Stadium, the…

by | Aug 30, 2022

The aces and the line-edging service returns began in earnest in the middle of the first set, replacing the somewhat sloppy error-prone early games. It was the first round of the women’s draw at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and…

by | Aug 28, 2022

Maybe I’ve always fallen for connecting dots that bear no connecting, but it struck me as odd — not unfair, as that would be expressing a bias, which is a no-no to old-school fair-and-accurate types such as myself — that…

by | Aug 21, 2022

“Caro” beats Petra! Borna outplays Mr. Gorgeous! The underdogs’ revenge! But wait — this is tennis, where, like in New York, nothing is impossible. The underdog, in America, is never to be underestimated. And why should it change? Because look…

by | Aug 9, 2022

Nick Kyrgios came out of a week in Washington about $400,000 richer, and every penny was honestly earned, which is more than you can say for the personages down the street from where he was working. Kyrgios labored through heat…

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