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I missed the live broadcast of the Tsonga/Djokovic Semi today, and only the tail end of the Murray/Nadal match was I lucky enough to catch.
I was out of my mind bummed, but at least I caught about an hour of it (the early match) through the evening re-broadcast.
Maybe I wasn't so wrong about him the last time I happened to mention him (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), but I was prospectin' at great he could be if his skills/health/potential all coincide. Looks like it took him a few years, but I could have a new favourite player to cheer on.
The thing that I was left to ponder, as the hours slipped by, is this: it is my (grim) prediction that Federer, that once unknown teenage foreigner with a ponytail, the first time I saw him, will eventually announce his retirement in 16-18 months, even as early as one year from now. It leaves me hollow to even say that.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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