Simona Halep: Three Easy-but-Difficult, Safe-but-Risky, Calculated-but-Mindless Backhands

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English - July 21, 2021 15:16 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MB
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This episode explore three backhands Simona Halep hit in a single point in the French Open Final against Sloane Stephens in 2018. It also contains extended sections of my favorite paragraph on tennis by David Foster Wallace. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://davidlinebarger.com/2021/07/16/simona-halep-three-easy-but-difficult-safe-but-risky-calculated-but-mindless-backhands/ This post features art by Cat Lee (Colacat).