I love the factthat it’s just you and your opponent on a tennis court; I guess that’swhy I love boxing too.

Wawrinka had spent four and a half hours longer on court than his opponent, but the Swiss hoped that if he could find his game he could overcome such a disadvantage.

Norm Coleman, his Republican opponent, announced that he would not appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which might have dragged things out even longer.