Asked if she could have employed a game with more spins, slices and mixed-pace shots, Errani did not seem to think that such a plan would have helped.
United began to play at a more mixed tempo, quickening the pace when they needed to, and always with an eye to a fast counter-attack.
Stepanek, meanwhile, mixed the pace to lull him into long rallies and draw him to the net.
He mixed the pace more and put Hewitt on the defensive, continually erasing break points with aces in the third set.
On the day that fellow off-spinner Moeen Ali's addition to the squad for the final two Tests was announced, Tredwell mixed his pace and flight adroitly on a surface offering minimal turn.
Kafelnikov mixed up the pace to throw off Kuerten's spring-loaded backhand, and he shortened points by coming into the net.
None more so than on album highlight Two Chords, which has the delicate yearning of a break-up ballad ("some days I still find it tough, I think we both do"), mixed with the pace and feel of a 1970s soft-rock epic.
Gayle's monstrous batting was already famous, but there was a new breed of all-rounder who could hit big, leap in the field, and bowl medium-pace mixed lollies.
The needle, now coated with smelly molecules, is inserted into a machine about the size of a microwave oven where they are put through their paces: mixed with gas, frozen and reheated to separate them, then electrified and hurtled across a magnetic field to measure their molecular weight.
Although both players cracked with more regularity than usual (Djokovic had 61 unforced errors to 47 winners), there were still double-digit rallies in abundance as they mixed spins and paces with surgical care and fought for breath when the running was done.
Critics praised its gameplay, aesthetics, and balance of Sonic elements with original content, but were more mixed on its pacing and length.
