Even before the first set and first hour of his match elapsed, Tomas Machac had asked the umpire for the tournament doctor, trainer and pickle juice, the drink du jour for tackling cramps. Those preventive measures taken in the intense early stages of his third-round tussle with Lorenzo Musetti proved to be sensible, for the pair would spend a brutal four hours, 25 minutes on court.
Hatfield sports fluorescent green Nikes himself; a signature fedora hat adorns his head. Hatfield is playing his role, one that began in 1996. His presence is not ornamental -- he shakes hands with donors and talks to recruits, gleefully glad-handing for the university he attended and the football program whose modus operandi has come to be synonymous with Hatfield's creativity and Nike's branding.