not new, but new to me: _Trivalry_

[victor steinbok]

Lendl (1978-94), McEnroe (1978-92) and Connors (1972-96), although Borg
(1973-83), Wilander (1980-96) and others also contributed at one point or
another. But these three battled each other competitively the longest.

VS-)

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

>
> Mary Carillo, NBC commentator for the tennis grand slams, is fond of
> referring to the current situation in tennis as a _trivalry_, what
> with Novak Djokovic challenging Rafael Nadal for supremacy, but Roger
> Federer--the "old man" at 29--still hanging on, just having defeated
> Djokovic in the French Open semis before losing a tough match with
> Nadal in today's final.  No doubt there have been earlier trivalries
> that motivated the same term, but I don't know how far back it goes.
>
> LH

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