Adcock Ingram has gone onto my watch list. My never-ending tennis troubles will no doubt boost the pharma giant’s sales. After being (again) roped in to play singles at the vulnerable side of my 50s, I am munching premium-priced Arthroguard as if they were Smarties.

I was given a royal runaround by an imperious (and evergreen) Ronnie Buthelezi at a stifling Green Point on Saturday, after which my left knee creaked audibly. We dug deep and eventually ground out an important victory, taking more than a leaf from Brad Gilbert and Steve Jamison’s superb tome Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis — Lessons from a Master during the doubles encounter...

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