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Article: Ousted Martin: 'I See The End'; Roddick, V. Williams Win; Rubin Loses
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- The Washington Post
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- June 28, 2003
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Todd Martin never quite looks comfortable. Something is usually
aching or throbbing, and even when it's not, there's the 6-foot-6
coat-hanger of a frame that's forced him into a life of constantly
ducking through doorways.
At least for the last two decades, he's been able to step into the
looking glass of the tennis court, an alternate world where his size
is strength, not a hindrance, where injuries can always be taped. It
hasn't exactly been an oasis of grace -- even between the lines,
Martin can seem awkward -- but it has at least been a place where he
feels at ease.
That may be the reason he's so sad to see it slipping away.
"I love what I do now, but the truth is I can't predict how ...