Some Pain, Some Gain

Published Jan 27 2012 by Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor

MELBOURNE—For a good three hours, the semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray was, to put it bluntly, a mess. Both players were fighting themselves as much the player across the net. Djokovic was fighting his body, his nose, his allergies, his nerves. He was trying,...

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