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WHAT’S INSIDE LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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GET OFF THE COURT, CRAZIES!

GRADING THE FIELD

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WITH 8 MAJORS, NADAL TOO SUPERLATIVE FOR WORDS

SERENA WILLIAMS: PEAK OF PERFECTION

CLOSING SHOTS

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Win one French Open title and you will ensure your place in the history books. Win eight French Open titles and you will be immortalized as the King of Clay. Nadal’s record in Paris is just unfathomable; he is simply as good as it gets on the red stuff.

Serena’s second French Open title has us wondering if Serena is at her peak, or just getting started. While it’s hard to imagine that she could exceed her already astounding numbers, Serena is playing better than ever over a decade after her first Roland Garros title.

Chris Oddo

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In this edition, we close out the clay season searching for words worthy enough describe Nadal on clay, and we ask if Serena’s greatest achievements are still yet to come. We also grade the performances of the players. Plus, did you catch the protest during the men’s final? We discuss how security measures must be adjusted to prevent further incidents.

The dirt is done, and the grass has begun. We hope you enjoy this issue, and we will be standing by to keep you up to date on the latest tennis happenings leading up to, and through, Wimbledon.

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Get Off the Court, Crazies! ­– Nick Georgandis It was 20 years ago that an insane fan stabbed Monica Seles on a changeover, cutting short a career that had her on track to become the greatest female tennis player of all time.

Twenty years later, those in charge of tournament security haven’t seemed to learn a thing.

On Sunday, a fan at the French Open final between David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal removed his shirt, donned a white theater mask with a red tear painted on it and lit a signal flare, vaulting the short wall separating the seats from the court and disrupting the match.

Nadal, alerted by the smoke, quickly headed towards the players’ locker room, which is where the masked man also appeared to be headed. Thankfully the suspect was grabbed by a security guard and unceremoniously dumped over a retaining wall, the hot-burning flare extinguished a moment later by another member of the security team.

The man was later identified as part of a political group calling for the resignation of France’s president.

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Remember that Roland Garros security was prepared to bar John Tomic, father of player Bernard Tomic, from entering the stadium after his recent assault of Bernard’s hitting partner.

Congratulations, Roland Garros security. Keep an eye out for 45-year-old men with a temper, but don’t bother searching bags that might contain flares that can burn at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Fortunately, it appeared the man was “just” a political protester.

If he had different motives, he could have waited until Nadal was at his chair between games, hopped the wall and plunged the blazing hot flare into Nadal’s face, arm, or torso before security personnel saw him coming.

Sound overdramatic? Tell that to the families of the three deceased and 264 injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon back in April. Their loved ones’ idyllic day at a major sporting event was also interrupted by a puff of smoke and a burst of flame from an unknown source.

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More serious security measures, while unpleasant for most of us, can deter a large number of people who could cause harm, panic, or fear with their counter-culture efforts.

Step 1: Everyone entering a tennis stadium gets searched: a quick pat down, a bag check, and a walk through a metal detector. Yes, it’s invasive, but vigilance outside the stadium can neutralize potentially dangerous situations before a match even begins.

Step 2: Those who disrupts play are detained, charged and punished to the fullest extent of the law. While laws for this kind of offense obviously vary from country to country, making an example of this fool and others like him will serve as a constant reminder to those considering a deviant act of their own.

The incident at Roland Garros should reinforce the potential dangers lurking in large-scale sporting events. In order to avoid living in fear, tournaments and officials should learn from past mistakes and make the necessary adjustments.

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Serena Williams: Peak of Perfection Eleven years after winning her first French Open title, Serena Williams triumphs again in Paris. Is the 16-time Grand Slam champion at her peak or just getting started?

­– Erik Gudris Eleven years ago, Serena Williams didn’t think she would be playing tennis past the age of 30. But now, by winning her second French Open title, the world No. 1 seems to be getting even better over time like a fine wine saved for a special occasion. Or in her case, a vintage 1981.

Back in 2002, a then blonde Serena Williams claimed her first ever French Open title against her older sister Venus in a final that showcased their dominion over the sport. Reflecting back on that first championship, Williams recalled being in love with the moment of winning a Grand Slam title.

“I loved being on center court. I loved playing. I couldn’t believe I won the French Open 11 years ago,” said Williams. “It was a real shock for me. I was young and loving every moment and every championship I won. I was just a determined individual.”

Williams admitted she thought another visit to the champion’s podium inside Court Philippe Chatrier would only be a matter of time. But as she soon realized, mastering the terre battue of Paris would turn out to be one of the great challenges of her career. Williams would fail to advance past the quarterfinals

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“Never thought I would play past 28. But hey, I’m still here.”

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until her successful run this year. Sometimes she faced opponents who were too good on that day. Other times she only had herself to blame. She certainly didn’t plan on waiting 11 years to add a second Coupe Suzanne Lenglen to her mantle.

“I always said that I felt like I have never played my best tennis. I have said that for years, that I feel like I can always do better and play better, and I have always wanted to reach that level right now.

Maybe I’m just trying to get there.”

“Definitely not,” said Williams when asked if she expected a decadeplus gap between her wins in Paris. “I thought I would win Roland Garros again, I don’t know if I really even thought about it, but there were definitely a few years I felt like I could have won and I didn’t.

And I think it was mostly on my racquet and my fault that I didn’t win. But I think for the most part I’m still here, and I’m just still fighting and doing the best that I can for each and every one of my matches.”

Based on that assessment from Williams, is she at her peak? Or are Williams’ greatest achievements yet to come? Will she successfully chase down Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Margaret Court in terms of all-time Grand Slam singles titles won?

Only Williams knows when and where her remarkable journey will conclude.

When asked if she’s thought about ending her career its peak, much like Bjorn Borg or even classic film star Greta Garbo, Williams gave a philosophical answer.

After ruling the WTA early in her career, Williams shifted some of her intense focus to outside interests. But after a near-fatal health scare two years ago, she’s refocused her efforts on being the best on a “Wow, what an analogy, me and Greta Garbo. Thank you! I want to tennis court. go out in my peak. That’s my goal. But have I peaked yet?”

As long as Williams stays healthy and maintains her desire for glory, And the results have been staggering. the oldest woman ever to win a French Open title in the Open era will likely set a few more records before she is done. All from a Since her opening round loss at Roland Garros last year, Williams w¬¬oman who thought her career would have ended by now. now holds three of the four majors (Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French “I never thought I would be playing 11 years later,” said Williams to Open) in her hands. Add in two Olympic gold medals, the WTA NBC’s Mary Carillo when asked about the anniversary of her first Championships, the No. 1 ranking and a current winning streak of French Open title back in 2¬002. “Never thought I would play past 31 matches this season, and there is no doubt that Williams is once 28. But hey, I’m still here.” again the dominant player in women’s tennis.

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GRADING THE FIEL D ­– Chris Oddo

It’s time to say Au Revoir to the terre battue. Now that all the exams have been taken, let’s hand out some grades…

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Rafael Nadal

Serena Williams

The Bryan Brothers

We’ve been out of superlatives since 2011.

What else can be said? Last year we stated in this very magazine that Rafa on clay was the greatest tennis player of all-time. This year he’s taken it a step further.

Miss Williams did a pretty nice job of erasing the sting of last year’s inexplicably bad loss to Virginie Razzano. 16 majors?

Holy smokes! She’s 73-3 since that French failing, and who would be surprised to see her tied with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova at 18 Slam titles when the year is over?

Quietly, in the shadow of all the mouthwatering singles action that kept fans occupied for the French fortnight, Mike and Bob were further cementing their already transcendent doubles resume with their 14th major title and first in Paris in 10 years.

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Nadal vs. Djokovic Semifinal

Tommy Robredo

Maria Sharapova

Supplanting Djokovic-Wawrinka’s five-set battle in Australia, Nadal and Djokovic’s epic four-hour and 37-minute tilt covered the emotional spectrum and ran the shot making gamut. It wasn’t perfect tennis, but it was, in many ways, the perfect match.

Two days later it is still sending shivers down our spine.

The 31-year-old Spaniard became the first player to come back from two set deficits in three consecutive Grand Slam matches since 1927. Robredo’s inspiring run was the emotional North Star in a very crowded Roland Garros galaxy.

She played her heart out and gave it everything she had in an attempt to defend her Roland Garros crown, but Serena, once again was just too good. That fact takes nothing away from Sharapova’s effort. If Serena lets down her guard, we have no doubt that Maria will be right there waiting to capitalize.

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Tommy Haas Not even 12 failed match points against John Isner could keep Tommy Haas from going deep into this year’s French Open draw. He became the oldest French Open quarterfinalist since 1971 when he defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the round of 16, and he put up a fantastic fight against Novak Djokovic in the quarters, too.

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Novak Djokovic

David Ferrer

Djokovic came within a whisker of coming back from a two sets to one deficit against Rafael Nadal in the semis, proving once again that there is only one man who can roll with Rafa on the red clay. With his arsenal, don’t expect Djokovic to be without that elusive French Open title for very much longer.

The third-oldest first-time Grand Slam finalist reached his first Grand Slam final on his 42nd semifinal attempt. Nobody has waited longer, and nobody deserves it more than Ferrer. C’est la vie!

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The One-Handed Backhand With eight of the last sixteen and four of the last eight on the men’s side swinging from the hip with the one-handed backhand, the shot proved to be viable in today’s baseline bashing era. By the semis it was gone, but it was fun while it lasted.

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Svetlana Kuznetsova The former French Open champion channeled her best self by reaching the quarterfinals, where she took a set off of Serena Williams and even led early in the third before Serena fought her way back.

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iPhones Sergiy Stakhovsky (ballmark), the Bryan Brothers (ballmark) and Gael Monfils (filming the Chatrier crowd as they did the wave) all made news to varying degrees with their camera phones during week one, and we all had a good laugh while they did.

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Stan Wawrinka Wawrinka’s reached his first Roland Garros quarterfinal with a gritty five-set victory over Richard Gasquet that wowed spectators on Suzanne Lenglen from start to finish.

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Sara Errani

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Errani notched her first win against a top five opponent and reached the semis again in Paris this year. If you can forget how bad she was blown off the court by Serena Williams in the semis, it really was a great tournament for Errani.

Tsonga appeared to be moving toward the head of the class when he fell flat on his face against David Ferrer in the semis. It wasn’t that he lost to Ferrer, it was how he lost.

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Victoria Azarenka Vika’s first French Open semifinal was a milestone, but with her loss to Maria Sharapova in the semis she looked more like the current No. 3 than the former No. 1.

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Roger Federer The Grand Slam quarterfinal streak is still alive at 36, but Federer’s loss in the quarters to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made us wonder if the Swiss maestro is done winning majors.

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Sloane Stephens, Jamie Hampton and Bethanie Mattek-Sands Real nice performance for all three Americans, as all three reached the round of 16.

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Jelena Jankovic She reached the quarterfinals, bageled Maria Sharapova in the first set, then came up just a bit short in the end. Still, it was a nice run for JJ.

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Gael Monfils

John Isner

We got what we expected from the flamboyant Frenchman: A few over the top victories that whipped the crowd into a frenzy, and a dramatic, gut-wrenching loss that sent him packing with question marks hovering above his head.

The big man showed a lot of heart by saving 12 match points against Haas in the third round. He also came back from two sets down against Ryan Harrison.

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Ernests Gulbis

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Kei Nishikori

Jack Sock

He was fun as heck to watch while he was still in the draw. Unfortunately, Gael Monfils got the best of him in a wild second-rounder that was one of the best matches of the French Open.

Special Kei became the first Japanese player to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros. For that we raise our glass of sake!

Sock, not known as a dirtballer (hell, he’s not known at all really) reached the second round and gave Tommy Haas a good battle when he got there.

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Daniel Brands and Martin Klizan Both Brands and Klizan brought the fight to Rafa in rounds one and two. Having seen so many Nadal bloodlettings in the early rounds at Roland Garros, it was nice to see these two big boys brandish their weapons and go for the win.

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Christian Garin

Li Na

The 17-year-old from Chile won the junior singles title and was runner-up in the junior doubles. Remember the name if you don’t know it already.

As the No. 5 seed and a former French Open champion, we had high hopes for Li coming into Paris. She had the potential to make at least the honor role, but after her surprising second round flop against Betthanie Mattek-Sands, we had to hand Li a low grade.

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With Eight Majors, Too Superlative for Words ­– Chris Oddo

Seriously, does anybody have a superlative I can borrow so I can write this piece about Rafael Nadal becoming the first man in tennis history to win eight titles at a single Grand Slam?

I could really use a hand, words are failing me. You see, after Nadal won his fourth title at Roland Garros in 2008, dropping only four games to Roger Federer in the final, I used up swashbuckling Spaniard, dirt guru, tour de force, indomitable and impervious. At the time, after Nadal had tied Bjorn Borg’s record of four consecutive French Open titles, I figured I could use these superlatives liberally, and more than likely, I’d never run out.

Nadal was 28-0 at the French Open, and he was already being called the king of clay, but I wasn’t going there yet. Not with Borg’s total of six French Opens looming large on the horizon, a shining star in the distance, tantalizingly close, yet so far, far away.

After 2009, the year that Nadal suffered his only loss at Roland Garros, a heartbreakingly disconcerting upset of now mythical proportions, pulled off by a Viking god (or at least an aspiring one) known as Soderling, I figured I’d be in the clear when it came to my stash of Rafa superlatives. Nadal was hurting and he had to pull out of Wimbledon due to knee problems (sound familiar?) that year. He would return for the U.S. Open, but when he did he got pummeled so badly by Juan Martin del Potro in the semifinals that it was becoming hard to imagine him ever winning another Grand Slam, even on his beloved red clay.

Well, did he ever prove me wrong. In 2010, Nadal returned to the terre battue seeking vengeance, and he got it when he took out the aforementioned aspiring Viking god in the final in straight sets. He cruised through the draw like a chainsaw through butter, not dropping a set en route to his fifth Roland Garros title. But, as good as Nadal was—that year I referred to

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him as the shaman of spin, the demon of the dirt, and a vengeance seeking virtuoso—his most recent clay coronation still didn’t make him the king.

Sure, Nadal was as vicious as a pitbull, tearing up would-be challengers as if they were chew toys designed only to strengthen his teeth for future trophy chomping, but he was not yet the king of clay. With five French Open titles, Borg’s six still left him wanting.

Then came 2011 with another beatdown of Soderling in the quarterfinals, followed by back-to-back thrashings of Andy Murray and Roger Federer in the semis and final to claim a record-tying sixth Roland Garros title. With a career record of 45-1, it wasn’t possible to overstate the significance of what Nadal was doing in Paris. Was he the king? Some said he was, some said he’d have to pass Borg to inherit the throne all by himself. Was he a fantabulous phenom, a Tasmanian Devil with a Nike headband and Babolat strings? Oh, hell yes he was. Was he the most punishing pugilist to ever step foot on the clay? Probably. But not yet the king, at least not all on his own.

In 2012, when Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, the only man that had the slightest shred of hope to defeat him in clay, in a four-set final, there could be no mistaking it. What everybody had been saying circa 2006 was most certainly and undeniably true. The scintillating Spaniard was now alone on the throne. The King of Clay with a capital K and a capital C. Nadal’s seven-year run on clay was not an extended winning streak.

It was a regal reign. The world was Nadal’s oyster, and the Coupe des Mousquetaires, the most prestigious clay-court trophy in all of tennis, was his pearl. After seven French Open titles, it was clear that when Nadal played fetch on the terre battue, the other dogs on tour—Djokovic, Federer, you know the ones—could only hope for scraps that the voracious vanquisher would be kind enough to toss aside after he had devoured everything in his path.

But alas, all good things must come to an end, right? Besieged by a knee injury, Rafa was knocked out of the game shortly after his seventh French Open title. After a crushing defeat at Wimbledon, bad news started to trickle out of the Nadal camp. He missed the

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Olympics, then the U.S. Open. Worse, he didn’t seem to have any hope, or even desire to return. He kept popping up in the news with bleak, discouraging information about his travails. When the Australian Open rolled around, he was nowhere to be found.

Surely, at this point, even if Nadal did ever return, he would never be the same.

He did eventually return, and now that we know the damage he inflicted on the rest of the tour since that day he played his first match in Vina del Mar, Chile, it’s hard not to chuckle a bit when thinking about the panic that Nadal’s absence caused.

Four months after he tested those rusty knees again, Nadal now stands as the only male to win a single major eight times. Apparently, the knees (knee, he says) are okay.

What an incredible athlete, this Nadal. He’s the sultan of spin, the baseline behemoth, the wide-eyed warrior who never says die.

Facing his sternest test on the red clay, Nadal stared down the barrel of Djokovic’s smoking guns and beat him in a race to the finish that left the Chatrier faithful badly in need of a post-match cigarette. The tennis was that good in the Nadal-Djokovic semifinal.

With eight French Open titles under his belt, could the 27-year-old someday make it double digits in Paris? He certainly has all the game and all the fortitude. He’s the King of Clay after all, the terror of the terre battue, the mauler from Mallorca who chews trophies like they’re sticks of beef jerky.

If anybody is going to win 10 titles at the same Grand Slam between now and eternity, Nadal is the guy. But if he does, don’t ask me to describe it. I’ll be all out of superlatives by that time. I’ll just let my drooping jaw do the talking.

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After their quarterfinal match, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Roger Federer exchange niceties at the net after Tsonga’s straight set win.

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The flying Frenchman Gael Monfils dives for a ball during his 7-6(8), 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5 upset win over No. 5 seed Tomas Berdych.

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Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova hold their trophies as former champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and French Tennis Federation President Jean Gachassin look on.

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The Eiffel Tower provides the perfect backdrop for Serena Williams’ post-victory photo shoot.

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David Ferrer’s Grand Slam dreams were dashed by fellow Spaniard, Rafael Nadal.

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Rafael Nadal drops to the ground after clinching his record eighth Roland Garros title.

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Novak Djokovic salutes Rafael Nadal, and the fans, after their epic five-set semifinal match.

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