Rafael Nadal won his ninth Italian Open, commonly called the Rome Masters, on Sunday, with a convincing demolition of Novak Djokovic. Demolition may sound inflationary, with even a whiff of hype, but the fact is that despite conceding the second…
“Then there was the bad weather.” Whether or not this is the most famous first line in American letters you remember it when it is cold and damp in Paris and you wish for some wool over your shirt and…
PARIS — Metzer rallied late in the third set, keeping the ball in play until he saw an opening for his backhand which, being a southpaw, he hits on his right. His opponent does not favor the backhand as much,…
Among his many athletic virtues, Roger Federer is not the Alex Rodriguez of big time tennis. New York fans complain with some justification that the MVP slugger chokes at crucial moments, is not, as sportsmen say, a clutch player. There…
