Tennis Players as Works of Art

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


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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). 

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Tennis Players as Works of ArtBy David Linebarger