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Wait, wait, wait... the most unsexy virtue in sport is patience
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Winning isn't just an athletic examination at Roland Garros, it's also, as Carlos Alcaraz knows, also a test of patience.
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The rain falls on the Zaire morning and the fans are still chanting. “Ali, bomaye.” (Ali, kill him). It’s almost 50 years ago and the fighter is weary. He’s mocked predictions and out-foxed George Foreman across eight violent rounds but Muhammad Ali still has the energy to explain himself.
“I jabbed him in the corners and let him tire himself out. I waited on my chance and then pow!”
