But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.

Rene Descartes

Every year,
the weekend after Labor Day
as The Sun sets behind
the soaring Manhattan skyline,
a champion is celebrated.
A name is…
etched on the coveted trophy,
endeared to fans’ hearts,
and inked into record books.

This year was no different.
A sea of aficionados
sporting colorful 21 in ’21 tees,
driven by newfound love,
virtually on an agenda
to rewrite tennis history.

Popular plans were demolished.
Clinically and on court
by a Russian force,
a driven and determined Daniil Medvedev.
Philosophically and off court
by an altogether different source,
mathematical thoughts of God.

Today’s tennis fraternity knows,
he will regroup and recoup
and will be back in Melbourne.
It is only a matter of time
before Novak creates history
to the statistician’s delight.

Until then let’s pause,
let’s rejoice the beautiful
play of math at the core
of a tennis trinity…
Roger, Rafa and Novak!

If twenty majors apiece is
classic sides of an equiangular,
Basel, Manacor and Belgrade,
the cities they were born in,
are indeed triangular on globe
and almost equilateral.

Isn’t there a perfect geometry
in their collective major pursuits?
Sketch Roger’s and Novak’s 31 finals apiece
with Rafa’s 28…each as a side,
and we have a beautiful isosceles triangle!

How tall might be this structure –
one of their major pursuit?
It is just as much as
Rafa’s 28 trips to the finals.

Between the three, they have lifted
the trophy 16 times at each of
Melbourne, Paris and London.
Ah, yet another equilateral
and a math harmony!

As they say…the book of nature
is written in the language of math.
While one finite form may
leave a long lasting legacy,
yet another might just be
brewing and ready to cement itself.

Moscow, Hamburg, and Athens
may form an almost equilateral.
I bet… Daniil, Zverev and Stefanos
couldn’t agree more.
The altitude of this form,
may just drop a pin at
Weiner Neustadt, Austria…
Dominic Thiem…do you hear us?

The G.O.A.T debate might be
one of legendary proportions,
let’s leave that
to the legion of die-hard fans.
There isn’t a gold standard,
nor a singular benchmark.
Amassing historic numbers
is certainly iconic, however
may not – just by itself –
lend to greatness in the entirety.

For the rest of us
The Greatest is more often plural
than a compelled singular.
Roger, Rafa, and Novak…
It was, it is, and it will be!

Will there be
yet another big three, again
or a new fearsome four…
time will tell.

Until then,
over to Melbourne…
Love-All.

 

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