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...player in the world. "What would be winners against most players aren't, and that can frustrate Roger." Nadal, no. 3 ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia, and Argentine Guillermo Canas, who have all recently beaten Federer, can catch up to his trickiest shots. Canas has ousted Federer twice on hardcourt, the surface on which the U.S. Open is played. "My strength is the way I defend the point," says Canas. "Guys feel a little more uncomfortable if they have to hit an extra ball." Even those barely human guys, like Federer...
...first step—he had arrived at the top stage.Fast forward to 2006, and Blake is there again. This time, I watch him play the twelfth-seeded, hard-hitting Czech Thomas Berdych. Many expect this to be a tough match, that the Czech is really a better hardcourt player than Blake. James loses eight games in his straight set victory.On Thursday night, I’m at my aunt’s house in White Plains, N.Y., watching as Blake has the crowd with him and is rolling after a tremendous fourth-round effort. However, standing in front...
...Chinese Taipei, won its first two golds, both in taekwondo. And on the tennis courts, Chile swept all comers to take both men's titles. First, Nicolas Mass? and Fernando Gonz?lez won the doubles, sparking nationwide rejoicing back home. A day later, Mass?, who had lost all of his hardcourt matches this season before Athens, returned to defeat American Mardy Fish for the singles gold in an epic four-hour, five-set match. "To be here is enough," an emotional Mass? said afterwards. "To win gold ... to win two golds ..." Chilean President Ricardo Lagos was not lost for words...
Then again, I’m not stupid. Harvard really is a great place even if it can’t compare to Duke on the hardcourt. I just wish that our student body was a little more energized about the sports we have and the athletes who are, in many cases, legitimately stellar in their respective pursuits...
...Kennedy, which has done many construction projects for the University including last year’s Widener renovations, hired Dalton Construction of Connecticut as a subcontractor for installation of the hardcourt surfaces...