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Observations from the Manic Monday matches at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic [1] d. Tommy Haas [13], 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4): Sometimes players give a break away. Other times it's wrestled from them. Haas served at 4-3 in the
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Observations from the Manic Monday matches at Wimbledon
Observations from the Manic Monday matches at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic [1] d. Tommy Haas [13], 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4): Sometimes players give a break away. Other times it's wrestled from them. Haas served at 4-3 in the second set, after losing the first. That doesn't go over well with Djokovic, who took him to deuce, gave no quarter, looked stoically as Haas scowled at himself and earned the break back. Both of the last two matches (Berdych v. Tomic and Djokovic v. Haas) literally ended at the same second, a final bit of synchronicity to the day.

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Jon Wertheim
JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat, sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor’s in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City and Paris with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.

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