THERE are moments when watching David Ferrer when scenes from one's childhood come flooding back.
THERE are moments when watching David Ferrer when scenes from one's childhood come flooding back.
Yesterday's win was David Ferrer's fourth over Andy Murray on clay. Picture: PA
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Hugh MacDonald
First, one believes it must be the way he personifies "wallie", the game played in the school shelter that taught the budding footballer that the ball always comes back from the concrete, only the pace and direction can change. But the strongest impersonation given by the 30-year-old Spaniard is that of a Subbuteo goalkeeper. Like a diminutive figure on the end of a stick, Ferrer moves relentlessly across the baseline.
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