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New York's Times Square erupts with cheer as a new year dawns
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By Frank McGurty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers witnessed the descent of the kaleidoscopic New Year's Eve ball in Times Square at midnight on Sunday, celebrating a century-old New York tradition under an unprecedented umbrella of security.
As many as 2 million people, surrounded by a ring of 40-ton sand trucks and some 7,000 police, gathered in the "Crossroads of the World" to watch the glittering sphere complete its minute-long drop, marking the beginning of 2017.
With the throng counting down the seconds, the crystal-paned ball slid with smooth precision down its pole, mounted on a tower at the head of the plaza. At the stroke of midnight, it touched home, illuminating a giant "2017" sign and sending a shower of fireworks into the sky.
The sights and sounds were experienced by a veritable sea of humanity, sectioned off in block after block of temporary corrals set up to better control the crowd. Millions of others around the world watched the spectacle on television and the internet.
Despite the heavy police presence, or perhaps because of it, thousands of people, many from overseas, arrived early to be dazzled by the flashing signage and entertained by live musical performances by Mariah Carey, Thomas Rhett and Gloria Estefan.
"It's a very special place, to be in the center of everything tonight," said Marta Loygorra, 20, who came to Times Square from Madrid, Spain, with her father, Jose Loygorra, 54.
"I've always wanted to be here for this and it's great to be here with my Dad," she said, cuddling up to him for warmth.
Jess Smith, 22, of Perth, Australia said that when she booked her New York hotel, she didn't realize it was just a few blocks north of Times Square.
"It's crazy. It's crazy good luck," she said with a grin.
In the days before the celebration, city and federal officials said they were not aware of any credible threats, and in the event, the party went off without a hitch.
But authorities also said they were taking no chances. A protective perimeter of 65 hulking sanitation trucks filled with sand, as well as about 100 other smaller vehicles, encircled the Times Square area.
Placed in strategic positions, the "blockers" are intended to prevent a repetition of the truck attacks in Berlin and Nice earlier this year, officials said.
A reveler poses for a photo as she wears glasses that read "2017" in during New Year's Eve festivities in the Times Square area of New York, December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich
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It is not the first time that New York has set up a perimeter of heavy trucks at large gatherings. The same strategy helped protect crowds at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in November, after Islamic State militants encouraged followers to target the event, which drew about 3.5 million people.
At times since Donald Trump's election in November, blocker trucks have been positioned near Trump Tower, his Fifth Avenue headquarters and residence, a short distance from Times Square. The president-elect is spending the holidays in Florida.
For New Year's Eve, New York also deployed heavily armed police teams, snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs and helicopters. Coast Guard and police vessels patrolled waterways around Manhattan.
John O'Leary, 57, his wife, Claire, 51, and their two children were passing through Times Square on Saturday afternoon during a visit from their native England.
"It's just amazing," O'Leary said. "I just can't believe how they can manage all this, in terms of security."
U.S. defense and security agencies said they believed the threat of militant attacks inside the United States was low during the New Year's holiday, though the possibility of an attack, no matter how remote, was always present, they said.
Likewise, New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill said at a briefing this week that there were "no direct concerns" related to this year's festivities in Times Square.
Even so, he said, "we are going to have one of the most-policed, best-protected events and one of the safest venues in the entire world given all the assets we deploy here."
(Additional reporting by Chris Francescani in New York, Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Nick Zieminski and Richard Pullin)
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter é um filme de terror norte-americano de 1984, do subgênero slasher, dirigido por Joseph Zito. É o quarto filme da série Sexta-Feira 13 e sua história se passa após os eventos de Sexta-Feira 13 - Parte 3. Jason Voorhees, após reviver de sua ferida mortal no crânio, retorna a Crystal Lake e continua sua matança, atacando uma família e um grupo de adolescentes. O filme foi protagonizado por Corey Feldman, Ted White, Kimberly Beck e Crispin Glover.

O filme supostamente deveria terminar a série e foi anunciado como "O Capítulo Final", no entanto, a franquia teria ainda outras sequências. O sucesso financeiro do longa-metragem dissuadiu a Paramount Pictures de aposentar a franquia, uma vez que o filme arrecadou mais de US$ 32 milhões nos Estados Unidos. Apesar das críticas negativas que recebeu, o sucesso do filme  levou a produção de mais uma sequência, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, em 1985.

Sinopse
Na noite após os eventos em Higgins Haven, o corpo de Jason Voorhees é encontrado e levado ao necrotério. Depois de se recuperar de seus ferimentos e de escapar do frio, ele mata o legista Axel com uma serra e depois apunhala a enfermeira Morgan com um bisturi. No dia seguinte, um grupo de adolescentes vai de carro até uma casa que alugaram em Crystal Lake para passar o fim de semana. O grupo é formado por Paul, sua namorada Sam, a virgem Sara, seu namorado Doug, o socialmente desajeitado Jimmy e o brincalhão Ted. No caminho, o grupo se depara com a lápide de Pamela Voorhees e com uma caroneira, que logo é morta por Jason.

Chegando a seu destino, os adolescentes conhecem os vizinhos Trish Jarvis, seu irmão de 12 anos, Tommy, sua mãe e o cachorro da família, Gordon. Ao saírem para passear no dia seguinte, os adolescentes decidem nadar nus num lago próximo à casa das gêmeas Tina e Terri. Trish e Tommy eventualmente encontram o grupo e Trish é convidada para uma festa que darão naquela noite. Mais tarde, o carro onde estavam Trish e Tommy quebra e eles são ajudados por um jovem forasteiro chamado Rob. Eles o levam para a casa deles, onde Tommy mostra a Rob várias máscaras de monstros que ele fez e então Rob sai para acampar.

Quando a noite chega, os adolescentes começam a festa. Sam vê Tina flertando com Paul e vai embora enciumada. Ela vai até o lago, onde Jason a empala debaixo de uma jangada. Quando sai para procurar a namorada, Paul é esfaqueado na virilha por um arpão. Teri tenta sair da festa cedo, mas antes que ela possa pegar sua bicicleta, Jason a mata com uma lança. Depois de dormir com Tina, Jimmy desce para pegar uma garrafa de vinho. Jason empala a mão de Jimmy com um saca-rolhas e depois o acerta no rosto com um cutelo de carne. Tina olha por uma janela quando é atacada por Jason e atirada para a morte, caindo sobre o carro. Enquanto Ted, sob efeito de drogas, assiste a um filme erótico antigo através de um projetor de filmes, Jason o esfaqueia na cabeça do outro lado da tela do projetor. Jason então vai para o segundo piso da casa, onde Doug e Sara estão terminando de fazer amor no chuveiro. Depois que Sara sai, Jason mata Doug, esmagando a cabeça contra o azulejo do banheiro. Sara tenta escapar pela porta da frente, mas Jason atira um machado contra ela, matando-a.

Ao voltarem da cidade, Trish e Tommy descobrem a queda de energia. Enquanto procurava por sua mãe, que já havia sido morta por Jason, Trish pede ajuda a Rob. É revelado que Rob é na verdade irmão de uma vítima de Jason, Sandra, morta no segundo filme. Rob explica que Jason ainda está vivo e que ele veio para Crystal Lake para se vingar pelo assassinato de sua irmã. Preocupados com a segurança de Tommy, Trish e Rob voltam para a casa e encontram nos corpos dos adolescentes nos arredores. Gordon foge e Rob é morto por Jason no porão, enquanto Trish corre para casa.

Trish e Tommy tentam se proteger dentro da casa, mas Jason aparece e os persegue até o quarto de Tommy. Trish atrai Jason para fora da casa e escapa, depois volta para a casa e fica arrasada ao saber que Tommy ainda está lá. Ela percebe Jason atrás dela e tenta detê-lo com um facão, mas é dominada. Tommy, disfarçado para se parecer com Jason quando criança, o distrai o suficiente para que Trish o acerte com o facão, mas ela só atinge a máscara. Enquanto Trish fica horrorizada com o rosto deformado de Jason, Tommy pega o facão e acerta a testa de Jason, fazendo-o cair sobre o facão e partir a cabeça com o impacto. Quando Tommy percebe que os dedos de Jason estão se movendo, ele continua a desmembrar seu corpo, gritando "Morre! Morre!" enquanto Trish grita desesperadamente.

No hospital, Trish é visitada por Tommy. Ele corre, a abraça e lança um olhar perturbador para a câmera.

Final alternativo
Um final alternativo para o filme, incluído na e edição deluxe do DVD de 2009, mostra uma sequência de sonho, onde Trish e Tommy acordam na manhã seguinte ao som de sirenes da polícia, depois de matarem Jason. Trish pede para Tommy chamar a polícia. Então ela percebe água pingando do teto e vai investigar. Ela entra no banheiro no andar de cima, e encontra o corpo de sua mãe, que se afogou na banheira. Nesse momento, a Sra. Jarvis abre os olhos e Jason aparece atrás de Trish pronto para atacar. Trish, de repente, acorda no hospital, em uma cena que lembra o final do primeiro filme. Nos comentários, o diretor diz que esta cena foi cortada porque interferia na ideia de que este seria o último filme da série. Apesar disso, a série Sexta-Feira 13 continuou alguns anos depois, ressuscitando Jason na forma de zumbi imortal em Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.

Elenco

 Kimberly Beck como Trish Jarvis
 Erich Anderson como Rob Dier
 Corey Feldman como Tommy Jarvis
 Barbara Howard como Sara
 Joan Freeman como Senhora Jarvis
 Peter Barton como Doug
 Crispin Glover como Jimmy
 Judie Aronson como Samantha
 Camilla More como Tina
 Carey More como Terri
 Lawrence Monoson como Ted
 Alan Hayes como Paul
 Bruce Mahler como Axel
 Lisa Freeman como Enfermeira Morgan
 Bonnie Hellman como Caroneira
 Ted White como Jason Voorhees (não creditado)

Produção
Quando Sexta-Feira 13 - Parte 3 foi lançado pela primeira vez, inicialmente se assumiu que a série terminaria como uma trilogia, embora não houvesse nenhum subtítulo para indicá-lo como o último filme da franquia. Em 1983, espalharam-se rumores de que a Paramount havia anunciado a quarta sequência como "O Capítulo Final", uma vez que a empresa se envergonhava da série e não queria ter qualquer associação com ela, sendo esta a possível razão pela qual a distribuidora queria terminar a saga de Jason Vooheers naquele momento.

Os executivos da Paramount estavam cientes de que o público estava perdendo o interesse pelo gênero slasher e acharam que era uma boa escolha concluir a série. No entanto, a ideia veio de Frank Mancuso Jr. (filho do CEO da Paramount, Frank Mancuso Sr.), enquanto se realizavam a Parte 2 e a Parte 3 e ele sentiu que ninguém o respeitava por isso, independente de quanto dinheiro rendessem. Querendo trabalhar em outros tipos de projetos cinematográficos, ele decidiu que acabar com a franquia e matar Jason era uma boa ideia.

Roteiro
Joseph Zito, diretor de The Prowler, foi inicialmente escolhido para dirigir e escrever o roteiro do filme. Embora Zito não fosse roteirista, o contrato permitia que ele recebesse o dobro de dinheiro para realizar ambos os trabalhos, o que o levou a aceitar. Zito usou secretamente seu salário extra para contratar Barney Cohen para escrever o roteiro. Esse processo envolveu Zito recebendo longos telefonemas noturnos para Phil Scuderi a fim de discutir a história e o roteiro do filme. Mais tarde, Zito se encontrou com Cohen em um apartamento em Nova York para usar os conceitos que Scuderi havia oferecido, os quais eles transformariam no roteiro definitivo. Cohen permaneceu creditado como o roteirista do filme, mas ele e Zito acabaram tendo problemas com o Writer's Guild of America, associação que representa os escritores de cinema e televisão norte-americanos.

Na série Sexta-Feira 13, os filmes sempre tiveram mulheres jovens e atraentes como as protagonistas que lutam contra Jason nos momentos finais. Ao contrário de seus antecessores, essa é a primeira sequência da série com dois sobreviventes no final, sendo um deles do sexo masculino, e atualmente é o único filme da série em que o sobrevivente é uma criança. Os cineastas acreditavam que nunca tinham visto nada parecido antes em filmes de terror e queriam criar personagens que o público não gostaria de ver feridos ou mortos. Ao incluir a família Jarvis (mãe divorciada, filha adolescente, filho pré-adolescente) contracenando com a típica turma de adolescentes excitados, os realizadores pretendiam adicionar maior diversidade dramática e tragédia à história. Assim, permanece discutível a intencionalidade dos paralelos entre Jason e Tommy. O interesse de Tommy em ser maquiador com máscaras e adereços serve de homenagem a Tom Savini.

Escolha do elenco
A atriz Camilla More fez o teste para o papel de Samantha, mas quando os cineastas descobriram que ela tinha uma irmã gêmea chamada Carey, elas receberam os papéis de Tina e Terri. Carey More tinha aparecido ao lado da irmã em comerciais de chicletes da Doublemint. Os produtores estavam tão entusiasmados com a ideia da presença das gêmeas no filme, que o teste de elenco de Carey consistiu na leitura de uma única linha do roteiro.

Amy Steel, atriz que interpretou a protagonista Ginny Field na segunda parte da série, convenceu o ator Peter Barton a participar do filme. Ele e Steel protagonizaram a sitcom The Powers of Matthew Star e, quando a comédia foi cancelada e deixou de ir ao ar, foi oferecido a Barton um papel no filme. Inicialmente, Barton tinha reservas, pois ele não queria se envolver com o gênero terror, especialmente por não ter gostado de trabalhar no filme Hell Night (1981). Contudo, devido ao envolvimento de Steel na segunda sequência, ele foi convencido por ela a participar na quarta parte da série.

Quando os agentes da atriz Bonnie Hellman contaram a ela sobre assumir o papel da caroneira no filme, disseram que ela não iria querer fazer isso, já que não havia falas para o personagem, mas mesmo assim ela aceitou o papel.

O maquiador Tom Savini, que trabalhou na primeira parte, concordou em voltar a trabalhar em um filme da série, pois queria matar o personagem Jason, que ele havia ajudado a criar.

Filmagens

As filmagens iniciaram em outubro de 1983 e terminaram em janeiro de 1984, em Topanga Canyon e Newhall, na Califórnia. O lançamento do filme estava originalmente previsto para outubro de 1984, mas quando o CEO da Paramount, Frank Mancuso Sr., teve uma prévia do material e ficou bastante entusiasmado com o resultado, o lançamento foi antecipado para abril de 1984. Na única ocasião em que a Paramount colaborou com a produção da sequência, a empresa alugou uma casa em Malibu para os cineastas se hospedarem e conduzirem seções de edição, com direito a refeições por conta do estúdio. A equipe mal terminou de estabelecer a data de lançamento, e muitas filmagens tiveram de ser cortadas às pressas para as exibições  do filme na televisão.

Houve diversos problemas de produção no set. Devido ao péssimo tratamento do diretor Zito aos atores e ao orçamento do filme, muitos atores tiveram que realizar acrobacias desconfortáveis ou perigosas durante as filmagens. Judie Aronson foi obrigada a permanecer submersa em um lago quase congelante (pelo que mais tarde ela desenvolveu hipotermia) e Peter Barton foi realmente empurrado contra a parede do chuveiro na cena em que Jason o ataca. Ted White, que interpretou Jason, incomodado com o tratamento dado a seus companheiros de elenco, pediu permissão para que Barton usasse um crashpad e ameaçou desistir do projeto quando Zito se recusou a permitir que Aronson saísse do lago entre as tomadas. White e Zito mantiveram um relacionamento hostil no set, o que resultou em White exigindo que seu nome fosse removido dos créditos.

Segundo White, Corey Feldman manteve uma atitude mal-humorada no set devido ao tratamento de Zito. Ao filmar a cena de Tommy desmembrando o corpo de Jason com um facão (na verdade eram dois sacos de areia que ele atacava), Feldman fingiu que os sacos de areia amassados eram o próprio Zito. De acordo com o livro Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, a atriz Kimberly Beck afirmou que não gosta do gênero terror. Além disso, ela achava que o filme estava mais para um filme C do que para filme B. Durante as filmagems, Kimberly teve encontros estranhos, incluindo um homem que a observava enquanto ela corria no parque e recebia telefonemas estranhos o tempo todo. Isso parou quando a produção foi concluída.

Música

A trilha sonora do filme foi composta por Harry Manfredini, que compôs a partitura de todas as sequências anteriores da série. Em 13 de janeiro de 2012, a La-La Land Records lançou um boxset de 6 CDs em edição limitada contendo as partituras de Manfredini dos seis primeiros filmes da série. O lançamento esgotou em menos de 24 horas após ser disponibilizado.

A música "Love Is a Lie", da banda Lion é destaque no filme, mas não aparece na trilha sonora.

Lançamento e recepção

Bilheteria
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter estreou na sexta-feira, 13 de abril de 1984, em 1.594 salas e obteve uma arrecadação bruta de US$ 11.183.148 em seu primeiro fim de semana, tornando-se o sexto filme com maior bilheteria do ano. O longa acabaria por render um total de US $ 32.980.880 nas bilheterias dos Estados Unidos. Ficou em número 26 na lista dos filmes de maior bilheteria de 1984.

Crítica
O site de críticas cinematográficas Rotten Tomatoes mostra que apenas 25% de 24 críticos de cinema deram uma crítica positiva ao filme; a média de classificação é de 4,2 de 10. O filme recebeu o que a revista The Week caracterizou como "críticas severas", especialmente dos críticos de cinema Gene Siskel e Roger Ebert, com o último considerando o filme "um lixo imoral e repreensível". Scott Meslow resumiu as críticas de Roger Ebert e definiu o longa como "uma recriação cínica" dos filmes anteriores. Meslow, em contrapartida, diz que o filme tenta dar um fim à série enquanto se concentra mais na caracterização do que no gore. Em uma retrospectiva da série, Kyle Anderson, da Entertainment Weekly classificou o filme como o melhor da franquia, elogiando sua narrativa e suas cenas de morte.

Ligações externas

Filmes dos Estados Unidos de 1984
Filmes com trilha sonora de Harry Manfredini
Filmes de terror da década de 1980
Sequências de filmes
Filmes em língua inglesa da década de 1980
Filmes dirigidos por Joseph Zito
Sexta-Feira 13 (série)
Filmes sobre psicopatas

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For Failing To Attend Son's Grand Wedding, OBJ's Wife Says, "God Told Me Not To Go, It's Demonic Gathering"
OBJ and Taiwo's daughter, Bunmi, who represented her mum at the wedding
She was absent at all her first and only son's wedding ceremonies.
Olujonwo and Tope
An engagement/traditional wedding took place on Thursday May 11 and a solemnization of the wedding in church held on Saturday May 13.
The wedding between Olajonwo Obasanjo and former Miss Tope Adebutu was indeed grand and had many crème of society were present including first class monarchs.
But the groom's mum was conspicuously absent.
Not that she was dead, no. Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo was alive and well.
According to her, she decided to boycott the wedding due to reasons she tendered as 'evil plans' of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and his new inlaws—the Adebutus.
When asked why she didn't hold the protest and carry placards with drummers as planned on the wedding day and she revealed that she was prevailed upon to call it off.
In an interview with the SUN, Obasanjo's wife said,
"No, everyone has been calling me across the nation even from outside the country. Important people, men of God have been calling me to drop the protest."
Her next line of action now that she was unable to stop the wedding through a court order?
The mother of two, whose daughter represented her at the wedding said, "I plan to take it to God. I am a prayerful woman. I am a project of the living God."
Ask why she didn't turn up as the groom's mother after the pleas from men of God and she said, "The Lord did not tell me to go."
Didn't she think her son wouldn't be happy that she refused to attend his wedding?
Taiwo replied: "My son has decided to defy the warning of the almighty God. Who should be obeyed? Is it me, or he or the people that are forcing him that he must do the wedding by fire by force?"
Remind her that the young man must have been in a dilemma and she said, "What is dilemma to a man of 34 and why the desperation when June 1 is just around the corner? Can't he use his brain to say let me stick to the warning of God? The Lord says don't engage in any noisemaking until after June 1, 2017. It is not that he should not get married. The instruction is that any marriage he is going to do before June 1 must be done quietly. Who is he supposed to honour? Is it his father or God? This is not a wedding, it is a demonic gathering."


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It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.
In Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there.
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows.
Love of God is not always the same as love of good.
The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.
Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years.
It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more.
But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking.
It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.
Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.
For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself.
Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature.
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.
It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature.
When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.
If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.
Some think that holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it's letting go.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened
Each mans life represents a road toward himself.
Some of think that holding on makes us strong but sometimes its letting go.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Some relationships are like glass. It's better to leave it broken, than to hurt yourself more by picking it up and trying to put it back together.
The most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still in school.
Even the most obscure hermit in the forest was not utterly alone; he too was enfolded in belonging.
Some of us think that holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it's letting go.
Each man's life represents a road toward himself.
My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
Heraclitus
If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy.
Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.
Alan Hansen
To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker.
And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.
My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.
The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived.
Ken Lucas
Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.
Ken Hill
If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.
Stephen F. Lynch
But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.
Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right.
In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met along the way.


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Kenneth Warren est un nom porté notamment par :

Kenneth Warren (né 1926), homme politique britannique
Kenneth F. Warren, professeur américain de sciences politiques à l'Université Saint Louis
Kenneth S. Warren (1929–1996), scientifique américain
Kenneth J. Warren (1929–1973), acteur australien


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Deformities of the Forearm in Patients Who Have Multiple Cartilaginous Exostosis.
Failure of the Porous-Coated Anatomic Prosthesis in Total Knee Arthroplasty Due to Severe Polyethylene Wear.
Operative Treatment of Distal Femoral Fractures Proximal to Total Knee Replacements.
Changes in Residual Volume Relative to Vital Capacity and Total Lung Capacity after Arthrodesis of the Spine in Patients Who Have Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Bone Changes Associated with Intraosseous Hypertension in the Caprine Tibia.
Antibiotic Prophylaxis with Two Doses of Cephalosporin in Patients Managed with Internal Fixation for a Fracture of the Hip.
The Value of Aspiration of the Hip Joint before Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.
The Porous-Coated Anatomic Total Hip Prosthesis, Inserted without Cement. Results after Five to Seven Years in a Prospective Study.
Two Cell Lines from Bone Marrow That Differ in Terms of Collagen Synthesis, Osteogenic Characteristics, and Matrix Mineralization.
Regional Dissemination of Wear Debris from a Total Knee Prosthesis. A Case Report.
Mesenchymoma of Bone. A Case Report.
Dermatitis Complicating Operatively Induced Anesthetic Regions around the Knee. A Report of Four Cases.
Current Concept Review. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.
Instructional Course Lectures, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Infantile Tibia Vara.
Instructional Course Lectures, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Early Soft-Tissue Complications after Fractures of the Distal Part of the Radius.
MRI and CT of the Musculoskeletal System. MRI and CT of the Musculoskeletal System. A Text-Atlas.
Instructional Course Lectures. Vol. 41.


Last week, I mentioned that I will be heading out to Bear around April 1st to get a few projects done. In this post, I thought I would detail a few of the bigger projects that we are looking to accomplish over that month.
One of the first and most important things that I have to do is rebuild the anchor locker. When we purchased Bear three years ago, the surveyor pointed out a little rot in some of the boards that both divide our anchor locker (200 feet of chain on one side for our primary and 200 feet of line with a few feet of chain on the other for our secondary) and support the windlass motor. The rot at the time was relatively minor, but the surveyor indicated that it would not remain that way because the boards were simply painted plywood with the paint wearing off and water already penetrating the wood. This summer, I noticed that the boards were getting significantly more rotted; clearly, we cannot delay this project any longer.
I plan to tear out all the old wood and rebuild it using either marine plywood or something like Starboard. I really need to spend some time making a plan and ordering the necessary supplies before I head east, which is true for this and the other projects. Since we will have the anchor locker apart, I also plan on fully servicing our Lighthouse 1501 windlass. We have had no problems with the windlass, but we have been meaning to add this task to our regular preventative maintenance. And, I recently acquired all the manuals for the windlass, so I now have a good idea of what I am getting into with the servicing.
Bear as we left her in the fall. She will be waiting for us shrinkwrapped when I return in April.
We are also going to finally add a new chartplotter at the helm. When we purchased the boat, there was an old Raymarine model that was next to useless. We only ever turned the unit on a few times and finally got around to removing it this past spring. While I am a huge advocate of paper charts, after losing our autopilot heading back to the Chesapeake with my Dad – and, hence, not being able to let go of the wheel for long to check the chartplotter below or stare at a paper chart – I finally accept that a display at the helm would be useful; Margaret recognized that long ago. We are going to take this opportunity to add AIS, which I came to appreciate while heading to the BVI aboard Remedy in the fall. At the same time, we will replace our old transducer and depth display, which slowly and intermittently stopped working over the past two years.
While I am installing all those electronics, I will also be troubleshooting our autopilot. As I mentioned, the autopilot stopped working at the end of the summer. While my Dad and I headed south from Newport, I tried to fix it a number of times. Initially, I thought the problem was the connections at the drive unit itself as we were not getting as much voltage at the unit as we should have been and there was a minor bit of corrosion at the connection. Redoing the connection there got the autopilot operating in calm conditions, but the whole thing stopped as soon as a little chop and wind came up. Next, I traced the problem back to the connections at the autopilot "brain," which lives in the very back of our electrical cabinet. At that point, I realized I must have accidentally knocked one or more of the wires loose when I was installing our new radar unit while Margaret and I were in Hadley's Harbor a few weeks prior; we had not used the autopilot much since then and had thought it was acting a little temperamental when we did turn it on. Knowing what the problem was and fixing it turned out to be two different things, though. Bouncing around at anchor and not wanting to take apart more of the electrical cabinet, I could not get a clean connection that would consistently deliver the power to the autopilot. Having several hours on the hard with nobody else around should allow me to really dig into the wiring, fix the electrical issue, and make certain we are not having any other issues with the unit. Keep your fingers crossed.
The last of the high priority projects for the spring is addressing our slipping v-belt. The entire time we have owned Bear, our v-belt has slipped. It has been a regular, annoying aspect of the boat, forcing us to tighten the belt regularly and change it out once or twice a summer. But at the end of the summer, the belt seemed to be slipping more than ever. Then, when my Dad and I were still about ten miles from the Cape May Inlet on our overnight down the Jersey Coast, the belt shredded, which we only found out about when the engine overheat warning started blaring. Fortunately, we were in beautiful light-wind conditions several miles offshore, so we just put up the sails, waited for the engine to cool, watched a whale feed, and then put a new belt on. Obviously, things could have turned out quite differently if we had been coming in the inlet or passing through New York Harbor when the belt shredded, so addressing the v-belt has become a priority. We are not the first person to have a problem with their v-belt slipping, particularly on Yanmar engines with an aftermarket alternator. Several folks on the Tayana owners' group have addressed this problem successfully in various ways. We have not yet settled on a solution, but I will be sure to share our approach when we do.
Those are the major points of emphasis for April. There are a ton of other smaller jobs and the regular maintenance and commissioning as well, so it promises to be a busy month of work. But I am looking forward to it and, more so, another summer aboard.
Be sure to check out our new video about our time aboard Bear at Block Island last summer. We will be posting new videos every other week and new posts on the blog at least once a week!


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Suloia Lake Cabin
Suloia Lake Cabin sits on the western shore of Suloia Lake on Chichagof Island in the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness Area, 30 miles northwest of Sitka, Alaska. The cabin is generally available April through mid-November and makes an excellent base for experiencing wilderness solitude in this corner of Alaska.
The current cabin was built and donated by the Carl Eurich family in memory of their son. It replaced an older cabin on the east shore.
This is a remote site. The cabin is in a designated wilderness area and can be accessed by float plane only, weather permitting. From Sitka, it's a 20-minute flight. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring their own amenities.
The 12 by 14-ft wood, Pan abode-style cabin accommodates up to six people on two double bunks and two single bunks. Amenities include a wood stove for heat, table with benches, cooking counter, cupboard, broom and an axe or splitting maul. An outhouse toilet is located close to the cabin.
The cabin does not include mattresses or cooking utensils. Visitors should bring sleeping bags and pads, a cooking stove, pots, pans, plates, utensils, food, toilet paper, a lantern, garbage bags, a fire extinguisher, fire starter and personal flotation devices (PFDs). Rain gear and boots are recommended.
Water is available from the lake or a nearby inlet stream, but must be treated before using. It's recommended that visitors bring their own water.
A small but heavy square-bowed skiff (rowboat) is provided. A long-shaft 2-10 hp outboard motor enhances the use of the skiff but is not provided. Each person in the skiff should wear a Coast Guard approved PFD. Be sure the plug is in before launching the boat. Tie the skiff well up on the shore and pull the plug before leaving so the boat does not fill with rain water.
Click here for more cabin information and maps.
This cabin is in a designated Wilderness area; access by helicopter is illegal
Cabin may be inaccessible from Mid-November through late April due to frozen lake surface (floatplanes cannot land); contact the local Forest Service Ranger District office for current information prior to making reservations during this period
Boil or treat stream water before drinking
For air charters, contact the Sitka Convention and Visitors Bureau at 907-747-5940 or www.Sitka.org
The cabin is surrounded by dense forest of cedar, spruce and hemlock with small gravel beach in front. Suloia Lake sits at an elevation of 225, and is about 2 miles long by 1/2-mile wide. Forested mountain ridges rise from the lake to an elevation of 2,600 feet. Brown bear frequent the area.
Suloia Lake offers wilderness solitude, fishing and deer hunting opportunities, as well as limited hiking options. Rainbow trout and Dolly Varden are found in the lake, but fishing is slow. The Suloia Trail leads from Suloia Bay to the old cabin site on the eastern shore; however, no trail connects this cabin with the old cabin. Bushwacking the shoreline is difficult as there is little or no beach and the shoreline is brushy or forested.
For information about fishing and hunting permits and seasons, visit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website.
Accessible generally from late April through mid November. Located 30 air miles northwest of Sitka on Chichagof Island (within West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness Area). Access by floatplane takes about 20 minutes from Sitka.
For geographic features surrounding cabin, refer to USGS topographic map Sitka B-6.
Site S06, Loop AREA SULOIA LAKE CABIN, Type Standard Nonelectric


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Q: Data import from excel to R (all columns are character classed) I'm new to r and really need some help with an assignment i have for school.
So I've created an xls file containing returns for companies as decimals i.e 0.023 (2.3% return)
Data is in 3 columns with some negative values. titles for each column in the first row. No row names present just 130 observations of returns and the company names (column names) at the top. All the cells are formatted to general
I converted the xls file to csv on my mac so the file type became CSV-UTF-8 (comma delimited).
When i try to create a dataset in r I imported the csv using read.table command:
read.table("filename.csv", header = TRUE, sep =";" row.names=null)

The dataset looks good all the individual numbers in the right place but when I try
Sapply(dataset, class)

All columns are character. I've tried as.numeric and it says list object cannot be coerced to type 'double'

A: The issue comes from the fact that you imported a dataset with commas and R cannot interpret this as numeric (it requires dot as decimals separator).
Two ways to avoid this :

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*You import as you did and you convert your dataframe

dataset=apply(apply(dataset, 2, gsub, patt=",", replace="."), 2, as.numeric)

*You directly import the dataset by intepreting commas as decimals separator with read.csv2
library(readr)
read.csv2("filename.csv",fill=TRUE,header=TRUE)

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Red Dirt Ballet Revisited: The Beauty And Drama Of Clay Court Tennis, 2019 Edition
(Photo by @puepppy.)
What follows is a revised and updated edition of Red Dirt Ballet…, originally published in 2016. I hope you enjoy it!
In April, professional tennis players change their shoes.
Gone are the standard smooth "tennies" designed for comfort on hard courts. In their place are textured soles optimized for traction on loose red powder.
A whirlwind of travel that carries players through the summer heat of Australia and South America, and sets them down in March on the hard courts of North America, delivers them in April to the "red dirt." There they contest a series of clay court tournaments that culminates in the French Open.
Over the course of seven weeks, in nine countries, on three continents, players are tested in what many fans consider the purest form of tennis – where the surface imparts no advantage to raw power, where players must be proficient at every aspect of the game (serve, return, groundstrokes, volleys, and defense), and where players face the greatest physical and mental demands of the year.
What is the "clay"?
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The "clay" in a modern clay court is typically crushed brick layered upon a gravel base to improve drainage. The court's top layer is a fine red powder.
Much as an ice rink is smoothed periodically by a Zamboni, a clay court is swept to rid the surface of footprints, skid marks, gouges, and ball marks. Usually, a clay court is swept after every set and sprayed with water as needed to prevent the top surface dust from blowing.
What makes clay court tennis special?
The key characteristics of a clay court, from a player's perspective:
It is slippery.
Movement on a clay court is night-and-day different from movement on the hard courts on which professionals spend most of the year. Stopping, starting, and changing direction are all made more difficult by the court's dusty top layer. Balance becomes especially critical.
The slipperiness influences tactics (for example, it's especially profitable on clay to aim a shot behind a moving opponent) and profoundly affects a player's timing. The most adept claycourters learn to slide into their shots.
The ball's bounce is relatively high.
Clay rewards players who use heavy topspin (i.e., forward spin), because it gives topspin shots a high bounce. (By contrast, on grass courts and many indoor hard courts, top-spinning balls tend to say low.)
The high bounce can throw off an opponent's timing and/or place the ball above an his optimal "strike zone," in either case making it difficult for an opponent to return a topspin ball with power and accuracy.
When the ball strikes a clay court surface, it always leaves a mark.
At clay tournaments, players cannot ask for computerized "Hawkeye" challenges, because every shot leaves a mark. Instead, players can summon umpires out of their chairs to check ball marks.
In rare cases, a player might compel a cameraman to photograph a mark.
Play continues on a clay court in light rain.
Clay is the only outdoor tennis surface for which light rain does not suspend matches. (Heavy rain, such as that which interfered with the 2012 French Open men's final, makes play impossible.)
In rainy conditions, a clay court becomes soggy. Bounces slow down. Balls become waterlogged and heavy, coated with mud. The dry-slippery court surface becomes sloppy, forcing players to modify their footwork.
Clay court tennis requires players to adapt to a wider range of conditions than they would ever encounter during matches on either grass or hard courts.
The surface is "slow."
When the ball strikes a clay court surface, the friction between the ball and the clay grips the ball for an instant, providing the opponent an extra fraction of a second to reach the ball. (By contrast, grass courts and many hard courts are "fast.")
(from news.bbc.co.uk)
Consequently, it is much more difficult on clay than on a hard or grass court for a player to hit an unreturnable shot. Matches are both physically and mentally arduous on clay.
Clay rewards players with good defensive skills (i.e., the ability to chase down opponents' shots and keep a ball in play). Some of the tour's most proficient claycourters, including Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, and Diego Schwartzman, excel at forcing their opponents to hit "one more shot" and eventually miss.
Defense alone, though, is not sufficient to guarantee wins. Those who succeed on clay know when and how to hit an aggressive shot that either takes control of a rally or wins a point outright.
Clay rewards decision-making, shot-selection, problem-solving, patience, and the vanishing art of point construction – the chess match wherein each player tries to think several shots ahead and outmaneuver his opponent to make space on the court for a winning shot.
Executed well, clay court tennis offers both breathtaking athleticism and fascinating drama.
The Spring Clay Court Season
The marquee event of the clay court season is the French Open, second of the year's four Major tournaments, held at Roland Garros in Paris. To ensure that players reach Roland Garros in optimal clay court form, the tennis tour devotes seven weeks to warm-up tournaments in the U.S., North Africa, and Europe.
Week 1: Houston and Marrakech
The men's clay tennis season opened in the week of April 8 with 250-level (i.e., fourth tier, if the Majors are first-tier) tournaments in Houston and Marrakech. Since most of the top players sit this week out to train for more prestigious events to come, young rising stars and experienced middle-ranked journeymen dominate the draws.
Tournament: Grand Prix Hassan II (Marrakech)
Category: 250
Singles field: 32
Top seed: Alexander Zverev (current ranking: #3)
Defending champion: Pablo Andujar
Trivia: Contested in Casablanca until 2016, this tournament is the only ATP event held in Africa.
Tournament: Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Clay Court Championship (Houston)
Top seed: Steve Johnson (#39)
Defending champion: Steve Johnson
Trivia: This is the only ATP clay court event held in the U.S.
Some members of the hosting tennis club open their homes for the week to players.
Week 2: Monte Carlo
Leading off the European series is the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters tournament. First played in 1897, this Masters 1000 event (one tier below the Majors) offers fans and players alike the most beautiful venue of the year.
Rafael Nadal won eight consecutive titles in Monte Carlo, from 2005 through 2012, a feat that might never be equaled. Currently, Nadal owns a record 11 Monte Carlo titles.
Tournament category: Masters 1000
Singles players: 56
Top seed: Novak Djokovic (#1)
Defending champion: Rafael Nadal
Trivia: A club restaurant overlooks the spectacular center court. Players must tune out a din of conversation and the clinks of porcelain and glassware during their matches.
Week 3: Barcelona and Budapest
During the week of April 22, some players who did not qualify for Monte Carlo will begin their French Open preparations at a smaller event Budapest.
Tournament: Hungarian Open
Top seed: Borna Coric (#13)
Defending champion: Marco Cecchinato
Trivia: Five weeks after winning his first-ever career title in Budapest last year, Marco Cecchinato upset Novak Djokovic at the French Open.
Most higher-ranked players will either sit this week out or contest a 500 (i.e., third-tier) event held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona – 1899, one of the oldest tennis clubs in Spain.
Barcelona's crowds are the most polite of the tennis season.
Because Barcelona's Open Banc Sabadell serves as the Spanish national championship, nearly every healthy Spanish player is in the field. Thirty-seven-year-old David Ferrer has said that a Barcelona title would mean as much to him as winning a Major.
Tournament: Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Top seed: Rafael Nadal
Trivia: After hoisting one of the the heaviest trophies of the season, the tournament's singles champion traditionally jumps into the club's swimming pool.
(The trophy is no longer quite as formidable as in this 2013 photo, but it is still hefty.)
Week 4: Munich and Estoril
Week 4 serves as a break for most the top players and therefore offers opportunities for lower-ranked players to shine at 250s in Munich and Estoril.
Tournament: BMW Open by FWU (Munich)
Top seed: Alexander Zverev (#3)
Defending champion: Alexander Zverev
Trivia: By tradition, the singles champion dons Lederhosen before the trophy ceremony.
Tournament: Millennium Estoril Open
Top seed: Kevin Anderson
Defending champion: João Sousa
Trivia: Last year, João Sousa became the first Portuguese to win either this event or its pre-2015 predecessor, the Portugal Open.
Week 5: Madrid
Since the early 2000s, the lead-up to the French Open has included three Masters 1000 tournaments. Two of those three are the events in Monte Carlo and Rome. Until 2008, the third Masters 1000 on clay was held in Hamburg. Because of Hamburg's inclement weather (and, most likely, some behind-the-scenes politics), the third clay Masters 1000 was moved to Madrid in 2009.
The Madrid tournament poses a unique challenge during the pre-Roland Garros swing: high altitude. The ball travels faster through the air in Madrid than at the sea-level events, and Madrid's relatively dry air makes the court both faster and more slippery.
As a joint men's and women's event with limited court space, the Madrid tournament is known for its long competition days. Nearly every year there are matches that begin after 11 p.m.
Highlighting the 2019 Madrid tournament are a return and a farewell featuring two 37-year-olds: Roger Federer will use the event to return to clay for the first time since 2016, while Spanish veteran David Ferrer will close his career in Madrid in front of the partisan home crowd.
Tournament: Mutua Madrid Open
Category: Masters 1000
Trivia: In 2012, the tournament used blue clay instead of traditional red clay. Although the contrast between yellow balls and the blue background was wonderful for television, the bleached-then-dyed clay particles created a treacherously slippery surface. Several players, including Djokovic and Nadal, announced that they would refuse to play the event again on blue clay.
Week 6: Rome
The week after Madrid takes the players back to sea level for the season's third and final Masters 1000 event on clay.
Tournament: Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Trivia: The tournament grounds feature a steeply raked stadium surrounded by classically-styled statues and located atop the site of the swimming venue for the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Week 7: Lyon and Geneva
The week before the French Open will find most of the top-ranked players in Paris practicing at Roland Garros, speaking to the media, and appearing at sponsor events. Meanwhile, 250-level events in Nice and Geneva offer final tune-up opportunities for middle-ranked players as well as a few hometown stars.
Tournament: Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Lyon)
Top seed: John Isner (#9)
2018 champion: Dominic Thiem
Trivia: France, with five events including the Lyon tournament, hosts more ATP tournaments than any other nation in Europe.
Tournament: Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open
Top seed: Fabio Fognini (#18)
Defending champion: Marton Fucsovics
Trivia: Novak Djokovic's coach, Marian Vajda, won the event in 1988.
Weeks 8 and 9: The French Open, Roland Garros, Paris
On 26 May, 128 men will begin the quest for the year's second Major singles title at the French Open at Roland Garros. Fifteen days later, one man will hoist aloft the tournament's storied trophy, the Coupe des Mousquetaires.
Because Roland Garros is the only Major site with no lighting for night matches, and since clay matches tend to be long, the French Open is the only Major whose first contests are held on a Sunday.
Every Major tournament offers compelling drama from the start. It is fascinating to watch players ranked 70 or 80 in the world, with no hope of winning the title, battle tooth-and-nail for the right to advance to the next round. Every day of the first week promises valor, heart, and sportsmanship.
One of my favorite tales of Roland Garros valor took place in 2013 and starred then-31-year-old Spaniard Tommy Robredo. Known as a tenacious fighter, and expert like many of his countrymen in the art of tennis on clay, Robredo outdid himself by coming back from two-sets-to-none deficits to win five-set matches in three consecutive rounds, a feat unmatched in the previous 86 years. After his third comeback, Robredo collapsed the court in tears as the stadium crowd chanted his name.
More drama, of the "never-a-dull-moment" variety, erupted later in the same event, when flare-wielding political protestors crashed the men's final between Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer, spooking both contestants.
In addition to the French crowd's perennial hope for a homegrown champion, the intrigue at Roland Garros 2019 features a cast of both veteran contenders and talented rising starsm, many of whom have fascinating storylines.
Tournament: French Open
Category: Major
Singles field: 128
Trivia: The "footprint" of space around Court Philippe Chatrier, the main stadium court, is the largest of any tournament court in the world. The consequent extra running room is a great boon for players during baseline rallies.
It is highly probable that the man left holding the Coupe des Mousquetaires on June 9 will be one of a short list of favorites.
The King of Clay – Rafael Nadal
Thirty-two-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal is the greatest clay court player in the history of men's tennis. Regardless of how the 2019 season unfolds, he is the undisputed King of Clay.
Nadal leads all men in the Open Era with a staggering 90 percent of matches won on clay.
In Best-of-5-Set matches on clay, his win-loss record is 106 – 2. 106, and 2.
He won a record 81 consecutive matches on clay from 2006 to 2008.
He won in excess of 50 consecutive semifinal matches on clay from 2008 to 2015.
In 2017 – 18, at the age of 31, he set a record for consecutive sets won on any single surface with 50 straight sets won on clay.
The only male player to have won 10 or more titles at any event, Nadal owns 11 trophies at each of *three* clay tournaments of different tiers: Barcelona (500), Monte Carlo (1000), and Roland Garros (Major).
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Several attributes of Nadal's unique playing style are especially well suited to the red dirt.
The unmatched topspin he applies to his shots, especially to his forehand with the distinctive "lariat" follow-through.
Excellent footwork, both relentless and precise.
A deep understanding of tennis tactics and point construction.
Formidable problem-solving skills.
Great competitive intensity that wears down many opponents as Nadal plays every point as though it were his last.
In addition to his three "Undecimas," Nadal has won four Madrid titles on clay (and one when the tournament was played on an indoor hard court) and eight Romes.
Nadal is no slouch on surfaces other than clay. He owns four titles, including two Wimbledons, on grass (which, fast and low-bouncing, is essentially the opposite of clay). On hardcourts, he has won nineteen titles, include three US Opens and one Australian Open.
Nadal's career has been plagued by injuries. Custom arch supports he adopted in 2006 to protect a congenitally deformed bone in his left foot have wreaked havoc on both of his knees. He suffers from chronic patellar tendonitis and often plays in pain.
Over his 16 years in the ATP Top 100, Nadal has missed more than 24 months of competition and nine Major tournaments due to injuries. Notwithstanding, he has remained in the ATP Top 10 every week since he joined in the Top 10 in the spring of 2005.
Today, in the words of Nadal's characteristically blunt uncle and first coach, Toni Nadal, "Rafael is not a tennis player but an injured person who plays tennis."
At hard court events, which comprise two-thirds of the ATP tour, Nadal seems almost a tragic figure – equipped at age 32 with some of the tactically smartest tennis of his career, eager and determined to play, but much of the time thwarted by his body. Of the 21 hard court events he has been scheduled to contest since September of 2017, Nadal completed five tournaments (winning two and finishing two as runner-up), retired injured from five, and withdrew in advance due to injury from eleven. Sudden stops and violent accelerations on concrete are brutal for chronically injured knees.
Clay, with its forgiving, powdered softness, is blessedly different.
Nadal opened 2019 by reaching the Australian Open final without dropping a set only eleven weeks after pre-season ankle surgery. In March, he played well through four rounds on the Indian Wells hard courts before being forced to withdraw injured (again) before his semifinal match. He skipped the Miami hardcourts to recover and commence training on clay.
What can one expect from Nadal on the clay his year?
As is his wont, he will respect every opponent he faces.
We can count on him to play every point as though his life depended upon it.
Along the way, he may well win some titles.
The "Prince of Clay" – Dominic Thiem
Twenty-five-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem has a powerful, aggressive game ideally suited to clay. Thiem imparts speed and blinding spin to both his his forehand and his gorgeous one-handed backhand, enabling him to push his opponents back even when he himself is well behind the baseline.
Many fans view Thiem, the 2018 French Open runner-up, as Nadal's heir apparent on clay, because Thiem has won eight of his 12 career titles on the red dirt, and because Thiem is the only player to have beaten Nadal on clay in the last two years (in Rome in 2017, and in Madrid in 2018).
After struggling to adapt his big strokes to faster surfaces, Thiem has finally realized his potential on hard courts in the last six months. His match against Nadal on at the 2018 U.S. Open – in which Thiem blew through the first set 6-0 and finally succumbed by only a whisker in a fifth-set tiebreak – was voted by fans the best match of the year.
In March, Thiem confirmed his ability to fight toe-to-toe with the best on a hard court by coming back from a one-set deficit to beat Roger Federer in the Indian Wells final.
As long as Thiem stays healthy, the question of his hoisting the Roland Garros trophy is one of "when" rather than "if." He is a title threat at every clay court tournament he enters.
The Reigning World #1- Novak Djokovic
When in late January 31-year-old Serb and World #1 Novak Djokovic won the 2019 Australian Open final in straight sets over Rafael Nadal, speculation among tennis' talkers coalesced around a new narrative: would Djokovic be able to win his second French Open in 2019, enabling him to capture four consecutive Major titles for the second time in his career? Fashionable wisdom screamed, "Yes!" Typically hyperbolic commentary from the likes of Tennis Channel's Mary Carillo declared there was no reason to think Djokovic wouldn't win every tournament he entered for the rest of the season.
Then, in early March, Djokovic returned to competition, on his favorite surface, and proceeded to lose early – to #39-ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Round of 32 in Indian Wells, and to #25 Roberto Bautista Agut in the Round of 16 in Miami. By all accounts, Djokovic was healthy and thus could not account for his unexpectedly weak performances with physical disability.
Because of his poor results in Indian Wells and Miami, Djokovic is not the current betting favorite for the French Open. He has titles from Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome as well as from Roland Garros, so he is capable of performing well enough to win. To do so, he would need more consistent focus and intensity that he exhibited on the hard courts in March.
Twenty-one-year-old German Alexander Zverev plays with a well rounded game blessed with power he can summon from his 6'6″ frame. He has a big serve, decent returns, and strong groundstrokes from both wings. The only weakness in his game becomes clear when he plays at the net. (If/when he becomes a proficient volleyer, watch out!)
Zverev has already won three Masters 1000 titles, including clay titles in Rome and Madrid. Last year, he upset Djokovic on an indoor hard court to claim the year-end Tour Finals trophy. With multiple wins over both Djokovic and Federer (but none yet over Nadal on any surface), Zverev has been hailed by the press as a future star.
That said, Zverev has yet to perform well at a Major. He has reached only one Major quarterfinal, at the 2018 French Open.
Whether Zverev's collapses at Majors have stemmed from nerves, from fitness problems, or from bad luck, it seems inevitable in light of his prodigious skills and talent that he will break through at a Major sooner or later. The 2019 French Open could be his time.
The 2015 Roland Garros Champion – Stan Wawrinka
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, a thirty-four-year old veteran, is always a threat when healthy. Fueled by power in his serve, his forehand, and his lethal one-handed backhanded, Wawrinka's game has carried him to two French Open finals and Major titles from Australia, Roland Garros, and the U.S. Open.
Wawrinka is on a comeback trail after two knee surgeries that sidelined him for half of 2017 and most of 2018. He might not yet be back to his best, but after six weeks of competition in April and May he could be ready for Roland Garros.
The Wildcards
It is unlikely that any of these players will be able to win the French Open, but each of them is skillful enough on clay to spice up the draw with upsets.
Of the "Wildcards," Roger Federer is the only player who might actually have the game to win the French Open (his second, after hoisting his first trophy in 2009).
Federer is vulnerable on clay for several reasons: because he completely skipped the clay in 2017 and 2018 and thus hasn't played a clay match in nearly three years; because his one handed backhand is susceptible to attack from an opponent who adds heavy topspin to his groundstrokes; and because, though his shot variety is a rich as ever, at 37 he doesn't move as well as he did when he was in his prime.
I would not pick Federer to beat a healthy Nadal, a healthy Djokovic, or a healthy Thiem, or any combination thereof, on clay. However, if Federer were to catch some "lucky" breaks – if Nadal, Djokovic, and/or Thiem were disabled, and if other dangerous opponents lost early – Federer could conceivably hoist the Coupe.
With a playing style similar to Djokovic's, Japan's Kei Nishikori established himself solidly among the game's Top 10 before suffering a series of injuries in the last two years. When he is healthy, Nishikori's easy power and precise ball striking can carry him past any player. He has notched wins over Nadal, Federer, and Djokovic.
Two of Nishikori's twelve titles have come on clay, both in Barcelona.
Like Wawrinka, Nishikori is on a comeback trail from injury. He is unlikely to have the physical resilience necessary to win one of the big clay titles this year, but if he stays healthy he could cause some early-round upsets.
Twenty-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas made a big splash in Barcelona last year, when he beat several strong clay-courters (including Dominic Thiem) en route to the final, where he lost to Nadal. Three months later, he made an even bigger noise at the hardcourt Masters 1000 event in Toronto, defeating four Top-10 players, including Djokovic and Zverev, en route to the final (where again he lost to Nadal).
In Australia this year, he riveted the attention of the tennis world by defeating Roger Federer in the Round of 16.
Tsitsipas has a well-rounded, aesthetically pleasing game and a cockiness that serves him well on big stages. He may not yet have the physical stamina necessary to win seven best-of-five-set matches over two weeks in Roland Garros, but no one will be eager to see him across the net.
Thirty-year-old Roberto Bautista Agut is the rare Spanish player whose best surface is hard court rather than clay. Consistent, hard-working, and highly competitive, "RBA" (as he's called in the tennis press) has steadily improved his game to a point where he can compete with the best. Two of his three career wins over #1 Djokovic have come in 2019 (in Doha in January, and in Miami in March).
Bautista Agut's clean, well-rounded game is probably not strong enough to carry him to the trophy stand at any of the spring's clay events, but he could serve as a spoiler.
Twenty-three-year-old Nick Kyrgios has three wins over Nadal (none on clay), two over Djokovic (both on hard court), and one over Federer (on clay in Madrid). The brutal efficacy of his unreadable serve is somewhat diminished on clay, but he can still be dangerous to anyone in the field if he plays well.
Both of Diego Schwartzman's titles, including a 500 trophy in Rio in 2018, have come on clay. The twenty-six-year-old Argentine is one of the fastest movers and most skillful defenders on the ATP tour, and he can deliver remarkable power from his 5'7″ frame.
Schwartzman was one of only three players to take even a set from Nadal on clay last year (along with Thiem and Zverev). No one will want to have to face him this April and May.
Gaël Monfils
France's best hope for a homegrown Roland Garros title is also an almost universally loved player on the ATP tour, the highly entertaining 32-year-old Gaël Monfils. Blessed with prodigious talent and staggering physical abilities, Monfils has reached the final at Monte Carlo and the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.
It is unlikely that he can win any of this year's big titles, but he could produce impressive runs to please both his coaches and the crowds.
Karen Khachanov
Twenty-two-year-old Karen Khachanov of Russia can be a joy to watch on a tennis court if one is not rooting for his opponent. Khachanov's blistering power and big serve have garnered him some impressive results. Two of Nadal's closest and hardest fought matches over the last eighteen months have come against Khachanov (at the 2018 U.S. Open and last month in Indian Wells). Against Djokovic, Khachanov scored an upset on an indoor hardcourt to win the Paris Masters title last November.
In part because he has struggled with health issues, Khachanov opened 2019 with relatively weak results. If he is healthy for the clay season, he could pose a stiff challenge to any opponent.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Twenty-seven-year-old Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili currently sits at a career-high ranking of 17, after a year in which he won his first two titles. Both titles came at 500-level tournaments. One was on clay (in Hamburg last July).
Playing with a bazooka-hitting style similar to Khachanov's, Basilashvili is capable of playing wonderful matches en route to a Round of 16 finish or perhaps even a quarterfinal. If he gets a top player on a down day, he could pull an upset.
The Youngsters: Borna Coric, Alex de Minaur, Frances Tiafoe, Denis Shapovalov, Félix Auger-Aliassime
Gallons of ink have been spilt about these five rising stars. Instead of detailing and extolling the achievements and virtues of each, I will note that they have all earned special mention. Individually and as a group, they are better than any generation in men's tennis since Nadal/Murray/Djokovic. None of them is likely to hoist a big trophy between now and early June, but within three years it is they who will contest Major finals.
I don't make predictions. 🙂
"If" doesn't exist in sport. That's the real thing. If, if, if – never comes. The thing is, you have to do it. – Rafael Nadal
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And So It Begins: Last-minute Thoughts About the 2016 French Open
World #8 Tomas Berdych on the velvety Roland Garros clay.
After six weeks and ten tournaments in nine countries, the men's European clay court season arrives at its apogee and ultimate proving ground this coming week at the French Open. Action begins tomorrow, May 22, with 16 singles matches at Roland Garros in Paris.
A few quick thoughts about what we have learned from the men's clay court warm-up events —
Who's Out
Roger Federer, suffering from a combination of knee and back injuries that kept him out of the Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid and led to early losses in Monte Carlo and Rome, withdrew from the French Open in advance of the tournament draw. Federer, whose game is much better suited to grass than to clay, hopes to resume competition in time for the pre-Wimbledon grass court tournaments.
Juan Martin del Potro, on the comeback trail from a series of four wrist surgeries, decided to forgo Roland Garros and move immediately to the grass, where he hopes his booming serve will pay dividends.
The charismatic and highly talented Frenchman Gael Monfils — ever a crowd favorite, and one of the most upbeat and good-natured players on the tour — was forced to withdraw from Roland Garros after being hospitalized this week with a viral illness.
Who Has Proven Himself to be a Dangerous Contender
Twenty-two-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem won the title today in Nice and reached the final in Munich, where he lost a very tight contest to German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber. Earlier, in Monte Carlo, he mounted a very stiff challenge to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
Currently ranked 15 in the world and rising quickly, Thiem will surely win the French Open someday. Five of his six titles to date, and two of his three in 2016, have come on clay. His well-rounded game is precise, aggressive, and great fun to watch.
He will arrive in Paris brimming over with confidence from his win in Nice although perhaps somewhat tired. He is a dangerous opponent for anyone.
Japan's Kei Nishikori, currently ranked #6 in the world, delivered several strong performances this year on the European clay. He reached the final in Barcelona, where he lost a close match to Rafael Nadal. At the Masters 1000 events in both Madrid and Rome, he played barnburner semifinal matches with World #1 Novak Djokovic, losing in two sets in Madrid and in three sets in Rome.
Over the course of his career, Nishikori has beaten every player now seeded ahead of him at Roland Garros (Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, and Nadal). His speed, footwork, and shotmaking, and his ability to rob opponents of time by "taking the ball early," make him formidable on clay. Fortuitously blessed with a good draw, Nishikori could easily reach the quarterfinals, where he might encounter Andy Murray.
If he keeps his health and fitness, Nishikori could well find himself hoisting the Coupe des Mousquetaires on June 5.
Defending French Open champion Stan Wawrinka will arrive in Paris as he did last year, having bolstered his confidence with a victory at his home tournament in Geneva.
Owner of a powerful forehand, a strong serve, and a one-handed backhand that is both lethal and sublime, Wawrinka can beat anyone on the right day. Although inconsistent and unpredictable, "Stan the Man," as his sponsors call him, proved last year in Paris that he is capable of winning the title.
The Favorites?
The 2016 men's singles competition at Roland Garros is the most open in years, with three players having emerged from the Masters 1000-level events as favorites (and perhaps even as co-favorites): Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal.
Nadal won the title in Monte Carlo without ever facing Djokovic.
Djokovic won the title in Madrid without ever facing Nadal.
Murray lost to Nadal in the semifinals of Monte Carlo and beat him in the semifinals of Madrid.
Murray lost to Djokovic in the final at Madrid and beat him in the final at Rome.
Djokovic and Nadal faced each other once, in the quarterfinals of Rome, where Djokovic won 7-5 7-6. Nadal said afterward that he was happy with his performace, that both sets had been "on his racquet," and that he had been, "very, very, very close" to winning.
Only Nadal of the three favorites won two titles in the lead-up to Roland Garros: in Monte Carlo and in Barcelona (a competitive 500-level tournament where neither Murray nor Djokovic was in the field).
The tournament whose conditions (i.e., altitude, clay quality, weather) are most similar to Roland Garros is Monte Carlo. Nadal won that title, beating Murray in the semifinal. Djokovic lost in his first match.
Madrid, featuring high altitude and hard-packed clay, is the least like Roland Garros. Djokovic won that title, beating Murray in the final. Murray had beaten Nadal in the semifinal.
Rome, like Paris, is at sea level. There, Murray beat Djokovic in a hard-fought, testy, and rainy final.
Can one divine French Open outcomes from this data?
First, a few words about the tournament draw.
Nadal's Roland Garros draw is freakishly difficult. His first opponent, the 6'4″ cannon-serving Australian Sam Groth, demands intense concentration from his opponent and offers no rally rhythm. The last time Nadal opened a French Open campaign against a "serve-bot" (2011, against 6'10" John Isner), Nadal got down two sets to one and needed five sets to eke out a victory.
In the third round, Nadal could face the flamboyantly talented and dangerously unpredictable Fabio Fognini, who beat Nadal three times in 2015. The fourth round could bring a meeting with Dominic Thiem (see above).
In the quarterfinal, Nadal could face France's Jo Wilfried Tsonga, who has the physical skills to beat anyone on the tour, and who will have the enthusiastic support of the home crowd. In the semifinal, Nadal could face Djokovic.
Over his first five rounds, Djokovic faces a relative cakewalk. None of Djokovic's early-round opponents has any recent history of success against him.
Murray will have a tricky first match against the wily 37-year-old Czech Radek Stepanek, whose variety and unpredictability can be maddeningly difficult to face. En route to the quarterfinals, Murray could encounter two tricky serve-bots, John Isner and the 6'11" Ivo Karlovic, though neither is likely to threaten Murray's exemplary return game and defense.
Murray could face formidable challenges in the quarterfinals against Nishikori and in the semifinals against Wawrinka.
Murray will not face either Djokovic or Nadal until the final.
What does their Rome match and other recent history say about a Djokovic/Nadal semifinal?
Djokovic owns a 26-23 career head-to-head record against Nadal and has won their last seven meetings, three of which have been on clay. Advantage, Djokovic? Not necessarily.
From mid-2011 until mid-2012, Djokovic also won seven straight matches against Nadal. By the end of his seventh loss (the 2012 Australian Open final), Nadal had figured out how to counter Djokovic's new tactics. When the two next met, at the 2012 French Open final, Nadal won.
Some commentators have suggested that Nadal's loss to Djokovic in Rome earlier this month would put him at a mental disadvantage in Paris. I am not so sure.
Nadal's competitive psychology is such that he takes every opponent seriously and approaches every match with the idea that he "needs to play [his] best tennis in order to have chances to win." (That phrase has appeared in his press conference transcripts innumerable times over the years.)
Had a few points gone differently in their match in Rome, and had Nadal prevailed over Djokovic, he likely would have thought, "OK, I won, but it was close. I still need to play my best to have chances to win." Djokovic, meanwhile, would have arrived at the following Nadal match full of vinegar and determination to avenge his recent loss.
Having lost in Rome, but having kept the match very close, Nadal will probably approach his next meeting with Djokovic with optimism (in addition to his usual intention to play his best).
The contest between Nadal and Djokovic in Rome proved that Nadal is ready to compete toe-to-toe with Djokovic. Both players know that now. This cannot be a comfortable feeling for Djokovic.
What about Andy Murray?
Murray has long been one of the sport's greatest defenders – he can chase down and return shots all day – but aggressive play does not come naturally to him. He has a decent first serve, but his second serve has traditionally been his most attackable weakness. Mentally, he has not always exhibited the fortitude and consistency necessary to win against the best players.
In 2016, Murray has improved both his first serve and his second serve and implemented successful plans of attack against both of his major rivals. During the Rome final against Djokovic, he managed to be the mentally and emotionally stronger combatant under very difficult and rainy conditions.
If Murray reaches a final against either Djokovic or Nadal, he can take some confidence from the fact that his most recent meeting with each on the clay courts this year was a win.
Murray has never in the past been considered a contender at Roland Garros, but as Stan Wawrinka demonstrated in 2015 (after losing in the first round of the 2014 French Open), history is irrelevant.
It is the best player on the day who wins.
Andy Murray Dominic Thiem Gael Monfils Juan Martin del Potro Kei Nishikori Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Stan Wawrinka
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Return of a King: Five Quick Thoughts about the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
(Please click here to read my preview of the 2016 European clay court men's tennis season.)
For over two hours today in Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal and Gael Monfils battled to a stalemate. The supremely athletic and highly entertaining Frenchman matched the King of Clay shot for shot, game for game, and offensive blow for defensive dig. After two sets, the contest was even.
As the first to serve in the third set, which would determine the championship of this Masters 1000 event, Nadal told himself he needed raise his level of aggression and boss the rallies with his blistering forehand. Stepping to the line, Nadal landed his first serve and proceeded to take control of the set and the match.
Having chased down and returned a staggering number of Nadal's punishing shots through two exhausting sets, Monfils ran out of steam. Unable to repel Nadal's persistent attacks, Monfils conceded the third set in a "bagel" — by a score of 6-0.
In his 100th career final, Nadal won his 68th title, his 48th title on clay, his 28th Masters 1000 title, and his record ninth title in Monte Carlo.
Five quick thoughts about the week's events:
Rafael Nadal's game, decision making, problem solving, physical endurance, and — most importantly for him — mental strength are in very good shape.
Nadal sliced through a brutally tough draw in Monte Carlo with aplomb. After an opening win over Britain's #2 player, Aljaz Bedene, Nadal:
Defeated rising star Dominic Thiem in straight sets, saving 15 of the 17 break points he faced.
Rolled over current French Open champion Stan Wawrinka 6-1 6-4.
Came back after dropping the first set to outlast World #2 Andy Murray in a dogfight.
Prevailed over the suffocating defense of a completely dialed-in Gael Monfils.
Nadal has suffered in recent years from physical disability and, more recently, severe confidence problems. Judging from this week's performances, most of Nadal's problems are in the past.
Gael Monfils could be a contender this year at the French Open.
Long acknowledged to be one of the most athletically gifted players on tour, the 29-year-old Monfils has delivered inconsistent results over his career, in part because he has been prone to injury, and in part because of a lack of discipline, or a tendency to go on mental walkabout during matches.
In Monte Carlo, Monfils demonstrated that dedication, focus, and concentration inspired by his new coach, Mikael Tilstrom, are bearing fruit. The Frenchman reached the final without dropping a set and offered Nadal a stiff challenge for two hard-fought sets.
If Monfils can maintain his form, he could reach at least the final eight at the French Open.
Novak Djokovic is not infallible.
As Nadal observed about Djokovic in the week before the Monte Carlo event, "winning is tiring."
Djokovic arrived in Monte Carlo — his place of residence — having won five titles in 2016 and 28 of the 29 matches he had contested. During his first match in the Principality, perhaps showing weariness consequent to having reached the final of nearly every tournament he has played this year, Djokovic fell to the World #53 player, 22-year-old Czech Jiri Vesely.
Whether that loss will turn out to have been a minor speedbump and the week's rest an unexpected boon — or whether Monte Carlo will mark the start of a diminution of Djokovic's fortunes — remains to be seen.
The most engaging matches don't always involve the top players.
The early rounds at Monte Carlo boasted several thrillers between players ranked in the teens through the fifties. World #17 Roberto Bautista Agut outlasted #33 Jeremy Chardy in three tight sets. World #50 Marcel Granollers edged past #51 Alexander Zverev in two-and-a-half hours under the lights and in the rain. World #13 David Goffin fought off match points to defeat the ever-dangerous Fernando Verdasco.
Even when headline-makers are nowhere to be seen, there is no lack of drama on the court. Matches involving relative unknowns can be terrifically entertaining.
The doubles world has a new pair of stars.
As the 37-year-old twins Bob and Mike Bryan relinquish their hold on the world of men's doubles, an unassuming French pair, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, have made a strong case to assume the Bryans' mantle. In the last six week, Mahut and Herbert have won three Masters 1000 doubles titles on hard courts in Indian Wells and Miami and on clay in Monte Carlo.
No team except the Bryans has won Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo in succession in recent years.
The 34-year-old Mahut — perhaps better known as the loser of the three-day-long marathon match against John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010 — and the 25-year-old Herbert are as engaging and likable as they are skillful on the court.
As men's doubles are on the verge of losing their best-known stars, Mahut and Herbert offer the sport a welcome new attraction.
For your enjoyment, a compendium of the tournament's most virtuosic points:
Coming up next week are tournaments in Barcelona and Bucharest.
The French Open begins in five weeks.
Alexander Zverev David Goffin Fernando Verdasco Gael Monfils Jeremy Chardy Jiri Vesely Marcel Granollers Nicolas Mahut Novak Djokovic Pierre-Hugues Herbert Rafael Nadal Roberto Bautista Agut