The Timeless Sport

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Across
  1. 2. Victim of unfair expectations
  2. 5. Career courts controversy
  3. 6. Perhaps tantrums will cut his career short
  4. 8. Number two?
  5. 10. Seriously
  6. 12. Cheater
  7. 15. Beater
  8. 17. Held as political prisoner
  9. 19. Happy Birthday
  10. 23. What’s the Ova?
  11. 24. Jack Sock?
  12. 26. Kim Clijsters’ ex
  13. 28. A fall from grace, an even greater return?
  14. 30. From ace to fall-from-grace
  15. 32. Cuckoo for
  16. 36. Men and women
  17. 37. More than a footnote?
  18. 38. Longest match ever
  19. 41. Fognini’s foe
  20. 42. 8-11 in grand slam finals
  21. 43. Shares first name with character from “Friends”
  22. 45. Little sis
  23. 47. Defeated by upstart eighteen-year-old in 2023 US Open qualifying
  24. 48. Seventeen-year-old French Open Champion
  25. 50. Professional cricketer
  26. 52. Women only
  27. 53. Player/commentator/coach
  28. 55. A magician with the wand
  29. 56. Most appropriate name ever
  30. 61. Still not retired
  31. 64. Each a contender in his prime
  32. 65. More than a footnote in 2018’s “The Circuit”
  33. 66. Shows off sleek physique for Calvin Klein
  34. 68. Other clay specialist
  35. 70. Four time grand slam champ
  36. 71. Strawberries and cream
  37. 72. 7-0 in Wimbledon Finals
Down
  1. 1. Chest Bumpers
  2. 3. Men only
  3. 4. Awakening
  4. 7. Is he really still just that age
  5. 9. Holds court in studio
  6. 10. 5X Australian Open finalist
  7. 11. Evert’s nemesis
  8. 13. Agassi’s final triumph
  9. 14. Currently has 541 ATP points
  10. 16. 3-time Wimbledon Finalist
  11. 18. Former client
  12. 20. Fifth major?
  13. 21. Teenage prodigy
  14. 22. Single player monopoly
  15. 25. Omakase?
  16. 27. Anathema
  17. 29. Player with pizzazz
  18. 31. Down under
  19. 33. King Arthur’s Court?
  20. 34. Brother-In-Law’s debut
  21. 35. Australian Open Finalist
  22. 39. Minus one?
  23. 40. Front page romance backcourt dominance
  24. 44. Navratilova’s nemesis
  25. 46. Held #1 ranking in singles, doubles simultaneously
  26. 49. Unbeliever in magic
  27. 50. Player/commentator/coach
  28. 51. Big four disrupter
  29. 54. Magical run in ‘91
  30. 56. Big sis
  31. 57. Informal descriptor of the tour
  32. 58. Plays Up To The Challenge
  33. 59. Federer 5X champ
  34. 60. No love affair with clay
  35. 62. Four letters one consummate pro
  36. 63. Most recent entrant to exclusive club
  37. 67. Australian with his own Arena
  38. 68. Misconstrues Good Trouble
  39. 69. Distraught and retired at twenty-six