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Ivanovic Rallies, Down a Set and Break, to Defeat Legs

January 25, 2008

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I can’t vouch for much of the tennis since I gave up on Ivanovic after she was down a set and a break. I had to sleep sometime! Apparently, while I was counting sheep Ivanovic clawed her way back into a match that Legs was completely in control of. In fact, Legs won that first […]

Tsonga Resembles Sampras, Plus Notes on Rafa and Roger

January 25, 2008

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This brief video shows Tsonga’s Samprasian tendencies. His instinct is to follow huge groundstrokes into the net. This aggression is important against Nadal. In fact, last year Sampras said he didn’t understand why Roger stayed at the baseline during his clashes with Nadal, since the way to neutralize him was to blast him off the […]