Nadal trumps Federer on Clay again – Roland Garros

Somehow, it wasn’t exactly an exciting match. There was, despite the ludicrous (16/17) number of missed break points for Federer, an inevitability to the Nadal win (6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4) at the ’07 French Open Finals. The 59 unforced errors by Federer made him...

Left-handed people are my kind of people

Being left handed is a minority problem (estimated up to 15%). I am not left-handed, but it is a characteristic that I systematically notice in people (I have never managed to detect left-eyed fish – see ABC report). When my wife asked me what image or...

Grass versus Clay, Nadal v Federer

The recent battle of the champions’ surfaces, featuring Nadal versus Federer on a hybrid court, half grass and half clay, was completely innovative. When I read about the concept, it felt instinctively distinctly weird. The bounce on your side and the movement...

Tennis versus Golf — playing through the ages

Are you golf or tennis?   When you hear golf fans, you hear about the tranquility, the variety of courses, the “good nature of the other players” and the chance to chat over the 5 hours it typically takes to play 18 holes. Listening to the same people,...

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