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Tag Archives: Wimbledon
You Heard It Here First: Nadal-Killer Goes Down Like The Hindenburg
Just as the hardworking staff predicted, a guy who beat Rafael Nadal one time in ten tries defeated the guy who beat Rafael Nadal one time in one tries at Wimbledon yesterday. From the New York Times: For Nadal’s Conqueror, … Continue reading
What – Nadal Just Can’t Beat THIS Guy Either?
From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk: The hardwatching staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for Rafael Nadal. So it’s not bad enough that he’s been buffeted by Hurricane Novak the past year and a half? Now … Continue reading
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Tagged bumped, Hurricane Novak, Lukas Rosol, Rafael Nadal, Wimbledon
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I Miss Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus
That’s all. I’ll get past it. Probably around the Wimbledon men’s final.
Jason Gay And The Dignity Of Defeat
During the past couple of weeks, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has written a couple of terrific pieces about the losers of major sporting events. Exhibit A: A Loser’s Winning Moment Rafael Nadal’s Grace Helps Him Shine in the … Continue reading
Nadal Just Can’t Beat This Guy (II)
This is getting downright depressing for Rafael Nadal. As the hardworking staff has noted before, Novak Djokovich has Nadal’s number and at this point is so far inside Nadal’s head he should be paying condo fees. Via Bloomberg: Djokovic Beats … Continue reading
Federer Reserve
The hardwatching staff has seen the great Roger Federer play a ton of matches over the past half-dozen years, but we’ve rarely seen him perform the way he did against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday. From the Los Angeles Times: Roger Federer … Continue reading
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Tagged French Open beatdowns, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Los Angeles Times, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Wimbledon
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No Djok: Order Restored To French Open
Roger Federer did Rafael Nadal a favor by defeating Novak (41-0) Djokovic in Friday’s French Open semifinal. Nadal did not return the favor in Sunday’s French Open Final. Instead he reverted to form, beating Federer for the fourth straight time … Continue reading
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Tagged French Open, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, strawberries and cream Novak, Wimbledon
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Class Acts o’ the Day (Mo & Rafa Edition)
Let’s start with Rafael Nadal, winner of the Gentleman’s Final at Wimbledon – and the Gentleman’s Anything everywhere else. How classy is Nadal? He absolutely manhandled Tomas Berdych, but afterward made the match sound like some Strawberries-and-Cream Smackdown. To paraphrase: … Continue reading
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Tagged CBS Sports, ESPN, Mariano Rivera, New York Times, Rafael Nadal, Wimbledon
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Campaign Outsider NYT Corrections Preview (pat. pending)
So late Thursday night the hardworking staff finally caught up with that day’s New York Times report on Part Two of the Sisyphean John Isner/Nicolas Mahut Wimbledon rock-roll, which was suspended at 59-59. As the match wore on, Isner, 25, … Continue reading
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Tagged corrections, fifth match point, John Isner, New York Times, Nicolas Mahut, Wimbledon
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Wimbledonnybrook
So the Missus and I started watching the John Isner/Nicolas Mahut Endless Tennis Match at around 35-35 in the fifth set early Wednesday afternoon, and we kept thinking “This’ll be over soon . . . ” But no. At 51-51 … Continue reading
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