Andy Roddick, the U.S. Open’s last American male champion, sees himself a tennis schlub
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Andy Roddick, the U.S. Open’s last American male champion, sees himself a tennis schlub
It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature. Even the structure of tennis, the way the pieces fit inside one another like Russian nesting dolls, mimics the structure of our days. Poi
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Now, just a three wood from that spot, I’m playing hackers and has-beens. In other words, my peers. A challenger is the definition of small-time, and nowhere is this more evident than in the players’ lounge. The pre-match meal is airplane food: rubber chicken, limp veggies, flat soda.
Andre Agassi • Open
a 6’5” Dutchman who wears a tiny white billed hat in the sun and rushes the net like it owes him money and in general plays like a rabid crane.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Someone showed up to my tennis clinic with an old racquet—a time capsule from a different game.
A 1988 Prince, an early power frame from when tennis was shifting from serve-and-volley and back to the baseline.
She hadn’t played in decades and didn’t realize how much the gear had changed.
There’s something sweet, almost childlike, about returning to th
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