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A tennis player's lesson for Democrats

Predictability is a problem

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Anand Giridharadas
Sep 08, 2025
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After losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the U.S. Open final, Jannik Sinner had an insight. He lost because he was too “predictable.” There he was, issuing gunfire serve after gunfire serve, slugging perfectly crafted baseline cannonballs, the strokes that had made him the high…

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