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Has anyone seen this...?
From Steve Tignor's column over at tennis.com:
With the rise of Hewitt, Nadal, Monfils, Sharapova, and various other youngsters, fist-pumping and exhibiting your intensity hasbeen turned into a mental tactic. (I saw a photo recently of Anna-Lena Groenefeld where she was holding up a note on court that read, “Pump fist.”) It’s not done specifically to enrage the opponent, though that is a common byproduct, but to make your desire a tangible part of a match.
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