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Mailbag: Marathon Matches, Margaret Court Protests and More

Wednesday is Mailbag Day so here goes…. Note that we are only answering reader questions and will return to remarks about results and tournament happenings tomorrow. Onward…

Mailbag

So be honest, Jon. What happened? Did Roger Federer put in a great performance? Or did Tennys Sandgren give it away? I mean seven match points is brutal!
Charles T.

• Yes, a lot of questions about the wackiest match of the tournament. For the second major in a row, it looked like Federer’s body was going to wage an insurrection. Then, his groin loosened, the opponent tightened, the ghosts came out, so did the Federer aura…and the 20-time major prevailed in five sets.