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At the Australian Open, speed is everything
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When it comes to speed and footwork there are few better movers than Carlos Alcaraz.
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MELBOURNE – His shoes are unlaced, his beard straggly, his camouflage shorts long, his charm undimmed. Marat Safin used to be a maverick, these days he resembles a worn sage. And right now, in the unforgiving heat of a Melbourne afternoon on Jan 26, he’s making a list.
“(Lorenzo) Musetti,” he says.
