Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic appreciate each other. Their fans should take note, jon_wertheim writes
for his appearance fee, winning matches with top-shelf tennis. Anyway, Federer and Nadal were, clearly, the Laver Cup headliners. But each played only once during the competition and didn’t contribute a point to Team Europe’s total. Djokovic, meanwhile, was in the process of playing his third match in 24 hours and—before running out of the finite resource that is energy—was singlehandedly putting Team Europe in position for another victory. Impliedly, there was something symbolic here.
Djokovic didn’t even deserve to be at the Laver Cup and why glorify someone so unworthy, taking attention away from Federer? And what about his vaccination status? And what about playing in Israel? And what about his emails?... And yet on phones and keyboards, it was as ugly as ever. The usual absurd trolling, seasoned by bots or by accounts with double-digit followers that have somehow entered the chat. The inevitable clown and fecal matter emojis—the embroidery of cowards. Attacks on the media, worthy of any autocrat. Specious arguments. Ethnic slurs. Unfounded doping allegations.
But here’s a plea for civility and proportion and for bringing this passion in from the margins. Stand at the net, the service line, or the baseline. But come in from the parking lot. You like your guy more than the other two? Great. Pick your lane. What is a regal disposition to some; is preening arrogance to others. What is a devotion to ritual to some; is an annoying delaying tactic to others. What is seeking and pathbreaking to some; is irresponsibility to others. That’s subjectivity.
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