SAN DIEGO -- Rod Lavers grand accomplishment wont be duplicated for another
year, and hes as surprised as anyone.
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to Sam Querrey on Saturday in the third round at Wimbledon, Djokovic cant match
Lavers run of winning a Grand Slam in a calendar year.Laver, who was attending
the Yankees-Padres game on Saturday night, is the last player to win all four
majors in a single calendar year, doing it for the second time in 1969.The
77-year-old Laver couldnt believe Djokovic stumbled, losing 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6,
7-6 (5).I am still totally surprised that Querrey beat him, Laver said. I still
thought he could pull it off.Instead the No. 1-ranked Djokovic, who won this
years Australian Open and French Open, was ousted in a match that took two days
because of rain delays. Djokovic, the two-time defending Wimbledon champion,
needed to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open to join Laver and Don Budge as the
only men to claim the calendar-year Grand Slam.Djokovic won four straight
majors, but not in a calendar year.He just wasnt himself, something was off,
Laver said. I think maybe he felt winning all four titles and being the
defending champion of all four was a Grand Slam in his mind.And so even if it
wasnt in the calendar year, it didnt matter. Way back in there somewhere you are
thinking one thing, that it doesnt matter, but you are thinking it does matter.
Those are two different thoughts to have when you are playing.Laver thought
after all these years someone would have joined him and Budge.Im still happy to
have the title, but I dont own it, Laver said. I would have liked to have been
at the US Open and be the first to shake Djokovics hand if he did it. Don Budge
did that for me in 1962 at Forest Hills.What did he say?Welcome to an exclusive
club, Laver said.Its one that wont admit another member this year.
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all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able
to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday.
The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with
their doctors.
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. Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia
by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias
Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the
finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. Keke Rosberg is well known for
not interfering in the racing affairs of his son. In any case, there is not much
he can say when comparing his championship finale in 1982 with Nicos encounter
this weekend. The only vague similarity would appear to be that both races were
in a desert region: father in Nevada; son in Abu Dhabi. Otherwise, nothing
stacks up.Keke had won just a single race during a bizarre season; Nico, so far,
has claimed nine during a much longer and more predictable campaign. Even when
it comes to similar strategic necessities, their respective tactical methods are
diametrically opposed.Nico, despite having the points advantage, has eschewed a
conservative approach and says he intends to treat this weekend like any other
by going for the win. Keke only needed to finish fifth (or higher) back in the
day when P5 was worth two points. And that was his sole intention - particularly
after qualifying sixth.Caution was the watchword in the Williams pit (there was
no garage as such, all of the teams being housed in a nearby convention centre).
With the unimaginative track defined by concrete walls zigzagging through a car
park at the back of Caesars Palace, it seemed sensible to accept that first lap
skirmishes could result in damage (even allowing for no nose wings at all, never
mind the aerodynamic sculptures hanging off the front of todays F1 cars).Pit
stops were not part of the race strategy in 1982 but the Williams mechanics
could be seen diligently practising changes of suspension parts, the theory
being that they could pull in Rosberg if necessary, carry out repairs and still
finish fifth. In such an event, a lap chart would be even more essential than
usual.There was no computerised timing 34 years ago. Frank kept the Williams lap
chart as he sat at the pit wall. With so much riding on the result in Las Vegas,
however, the boss needed to supervise all aspects of the running of this race -
which ruled out keeping an accurate lap chart.On race morning, I had wandered
over to the Williams motorhome (a Winnebago; not the pre-fabricated edifices we
see today) to have a brief chat with Keke who, in tee shirt and jeans, was
chilling outside and enjoying a cigarette. Frank was anything but relaxed; a
human dynamo restlessly moving around. Looking tense, he beckoned me inside the
motorhome. Thinking I was about to be interrogated over something I had written,
I was not prepared for wwhat came next.
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able to keep our lap chart? I mean, what do you say? I kept a lap chart at every
race (it was the only means of recording the story). But to do it here, by the
Williams pit wall, sun blazing down, the championship depending on it? You must
be joking.And yet I heard myself saying Okay, Frank while thinking: What the
**** are you doing! No pressure, then.Frank took out his pen and ticked Lap
Chart: Maurice on a long list. I was glad he had asked on race morning. Had it
been the day before, I wouldnt have slept a wink.The bonus, of course, was to be
right at the heart of this race and championship. Journalists were not allowed
in the Williams pit. And there I was, standing in the Holy of Holies alongside
the boss, Patrick Head, Frank Dernie, Charlie Crichton-Stuart and chief
mechanic, Alan Challis. But, rather than enjoy it, I had just one thought: Dont
screw up!I was dreading the sight of that white Williams coming into the pits
but relieved to see Keke finish the first lap in one piece. He was down in
seventh place and out of the points. No matter; there were another 74 laps to
go.Stayed calm, Rosberg bided his time, even when overtaken by John Watson,
Kekes main championship rival. The McLaren driver needed to be at least second,
with Rosberg out of the points. Wattie quickly moved ahead of Mario Andrettis
Ferrari, everyone then shuffling forward one place when Riccardo Patrese retired
his Brabham.Some time later, as Watson moved into third, Frank peered over my
shoulder. The lap chart said Rosberg was fifth - which, fortunately, agreed with
Franks assessment of progress. Now all Keke had to do was stay there; easier
said than done, Rosberg a few laps earlier having narrowly missed Andretti when
the Ferraris rear suspension failed.With two laps to go, Williams moved across
the pit and quietly instructed his sponsorship coordinator (and mate)
Crichton-Stuart to tell Alan [Challis] to get the flags ready. It was the first
time all week that Frank was prepared to concede his man was about to win the
title. Challis appeared with the Union Jack and Saudi flag (in deference to the
teams main sponsor) and the perspiring but ecstatic team waved their man home. I
duly marked car number 6 in fifth place on the chart.Job done.
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