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A great men's final.

His emotional show at the presentation only brought a lump to the throat for a second. I soon thought, "Grow up, you dick. You just got paid more than I'll see in the next fifteen years."
What an ungenerous thing to say. Federer doesn't care about the money--you don't get to be that good at anything if money is what you're after--& there's nothing juvenile about tears. Ever read the Odyssey? Homeric heroes cry all the time; and yet now we think tearing up is a sign of childishness. The fact that there are other people with worse problems doesn't mean Federer should pretend like he's happy to lose.
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I don't think Federer choked; I think he was spent.
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