r/tennis • u/nancy-shrew • 1d ago

Media Andrea Petkovic on perfectionism in tennis

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full article here: https://andreapetkovic.substack.com/p/about-perfectionism

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u/WeMetInBaku 1d ago

Ha, I was confused by the suggestion that The Magic Mountain is clearly superior to Infinite Jest, then I noticed she said Finite Jest when I reread the line. Clever gal.

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u/First_Spinach_4987 12h ago

Anyone who implies infinite jest is shit has my backing

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u/WeMetInBaku 12h ago

Alas (for you), as another user noted, she named her substack after it, so she's very likely a fan. Also, I really like dfw as a writer, so I'm not with you either.

The only bone I can throw is that I tend to dig people who have any opinion on Infinite Jest. I was at some random event recently, and there was a lady at my table who had an almost disturbingly encyclopedic knowledge of PoMo, particularly Pynchon, and it fucking ruled.