Paul Feinbaum
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And against Juan Manuel Sarandolo, who's ranked in the 50s, had had no wins of this type before.
But the thing that really separates us is what you said.
It was just a reversal of fortune like I've never seen in a big match.
I don't think where you're that dominant,
and then suddenly going to basically unable to perform.
I guess it's the equivalent of straining your ankle or twisting your knee with a 5-1 lead, but there was none of that.
It was internal and the body breaking down.
I think there's probably much more to the story, Tony, than we know.
You may remember Pete Sampras.
Of course, you know Sampras, but Sampras only revealed late in his career that he had
thalassemia, which is that blood disorder that really hurt his endurance.
And Pete suffered in these heat-oriented matches and suffered a lot.
And nobody ever understood quite why and only became clear later.
I'm not speculating the center has the same thing, but it could well be a problem like that, that he's struggling to control and understand.
So I think it looked like it was the heat, which he said was not the main factor, but it may be something else with just pure endurance or being ill or whatever.
It was an unbelievable situation to watch in slow motion crash, basically.
Yeah, I think tennis needs to make a long look at this again.
They've looked at it recently.
I mean, there didn't used to be any limits on, you know, when they would close a roof or when they would, you know, keep playing the match.