The Spectacular Age of Sincaraz Has Arrived

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Over the last 20 or so years, tennis fans have been spoiled with at least a dozen marathon Grand Slam finals that qualify for the sport’s pantheon. So many, in fact, that it’s become strangely customary for Sunday morning championships to stretch well into the afternoon, to feel as though the game, on something like a semi-regular basis, was being pushed to its physical and tactical limits. This, I suppose, is what it’s like living in a golden age. But on Sunday afternoon...