Thursday, July 05, 2012

Giles Smith, of The Times, watched Roger Federer "cavalierly skewering" Mikhail Youzhny: "A realisation seemed to take hold around the Centre Court: that Rog is really quite good at tennis." Untrammelled, Rog was immediately leafing through his glossy catalogue of deluxe shots: the drive-volley with both feet in the air, the wiping backhand that doesn't so much hit the ball as clean it off the court, the second serve that spins and kicks so hard it seems to set off back towards the umpire. Even the personal tics - the unnecessary retucking of the bandanna-lashed fringe, the sponging of non-existent sweat - seem to have something smooth about them. Federer is the only man in the world who has managed to make wiping his nose on the back of his arm look suave."

from this article

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