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A friend reports that last week, at a dinner in her house, two ladies in their 60s nearly had a yelling match on the topic: Novak Djokovic: endearing or just annoying?

Djokovic with his crowd-pleasing antics was the sideshow at the US Open. The main show, as it has been for the last four years, was Roger Federer. Asad Raza has a thought-provoking piece at tennis.com on the workings of the Federer mind. “It’s not about the other guy, it’s about what you know you will summon from yourself at times of need.” It’s about mental economy. Conserve your strength. Identify the crucial moment. Strike.

Or as we say in my household, Be like a cat.