Ten years now, these two have been playing each other. A rivalry running right back to a match in Bangkok, October 2005. That one, like this, was settled in straight sets. But in between the two there have been many brilliant matches.
There is an old story about two officers in Napoleon’s Army, Dupont and Fournier, who fought a duel when one was made to deliver a disagreeable message to the other. There was no winner and so, each being equally stubborn, they fought again the very next time they met. This time they were interrupted, so, again, there was no clear conclusion.