Futuro

The script that unfolded this weekend in the Rod Laver Arena, then, could not have been any more compelling. Here was a rare chance for a sport to turn back the clock and relive, for an extended moment, some of its glory days. The matches were preceded by intense coverage of past epic battles waged between the two sets of players, battles that few imagined would happen again. But the men’s and women’s finals proved to be far more than just nostalgic events. They were dynamic and genuinely fascinating match-ups that hinted at where these athletes’ seasons, perhaps even their careers, could be headed in the future.