He came to net, of course, after his serve, but the best bits happened after he got there, as he used his deft touch to hit drop-volley winners, half-volley drop-shot winners, backhand overhead winners, reflex volley winners and straightforward volley winners.
The head-to-head combat rules here are straightforward: the winner is the last kite flying.
Under a straightforward 'Kill-the-Winner' scenario, we might expect this rapid rise of a single resistant host type to result in homogenization of the entire locus in the population, which appears inconsistent with virus population genomic data on hand at this time.
He thought when he was one of 20 contemporary artists invited to submit ideas for the plinth that it was a straightforward competition and the winner would be installed permanently.
It struggles on, hoping no one will notice, but can no longer achieve things that used to be straightforward, like attracting Derby winners.
But if picking a winner were that straightforward bookmakers would soon be out of business.
Benitez, who managed Torres at Liverpool, refused to criticise his compatriot, even though the World Cup winner missed a straightforward attempt after 35 minutes, did not make an effort to meet two early crosses from Eden Hazard and looked disinterested at times.
Historically, the immediate post-conflict routine for the winner is typically straightforward: bases are built, garrisons are established, troops get rotated home, equipment is stored, paperwork is filed, and forces are demobilized.
I understand the urge to simplify events like these into clear winners and losers: straightforward victory and defeat.
