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NEW YORK — Sometime tennis is actually about the game. But usually it’s about the personalities, the gimmicks, the controversies, the comparisons and virtually everything other than the results of a given match, unless Roger, Rafa, Novak or Serena are playing — and Thursday in the U.S. Open none of them was.
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NEW YORK — Roger Federer lost a set. Venus Williams lost a match. Time isn’t on their side, but they understand, even if the rest of us don’t.
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NEW YORK — Yes, if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. It’s New York, where the heat isn’t bad this year — only in the mid-70s Tuesday — the traffic heading to Billie Jean King Center is terrible and the tennis is terrific.
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WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic is considered the best men’s player in tennis right now. Roger Federer is considered the best men’s player of all time.
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WIMBLEDON, England — Simona Halep needed less than an hour to stun Serena Williams — and maybe the entire tennis world — while winning the Wimbledon women’s final, 6-2, 6-2, Saturday on Centre Court.
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