Sublime
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Because of Stefanie, I make it to the quarters, where I face the number one seed, Federer. He’s not the man I beat in Key Biscayne. He’s growing before my eyes into one of the game’s all-time greats. He methodically builds a lead, two sets to one, and I can’t help but stand back and admire his immense skills, his magnificent composure.
Andre Agassi • Open
Baghdatis hits
Andre Agassi • Open: An Autobiography
Also, there’s a hot new wunderkind from Switzerland named Roger Federer.
Andre Agassi • Open
2024 Commencement Address by Roger Federer at Dartmouth
youtube.comHe pulls out a tough fifth set, and I tell anyone who’ll listen that he’s on his way to becoming the best ever.
Andre Agassi • Open
It happens every time that guy Carlos Alcaraz takes the court. One outrageously zany point where he does something that people who have been watching tennis for decades will swear on the life of their favorite doubles partner that they have never seen before.
Carlos Alcaraz is making magic again. Watch out.
It was also interesting, to me at least, to note the body language and between point box-bickering that consumes much of a Musetti and Shapovalov between-point routine. Both men appear tormented, and waste so much energy and attention on things that are simply out of their control. The difference between these two, versus Alcaraz and Sinner, or eve... See more
Australian Open Update Round 2
The metaphysical explanation is that Roger Federer is one of those rare, preternatural athletes who appear to be exempt, at least in part, from certain physical laws.