Wearing some kind of Apocalypse Now-style necklace made of mini-AO trophies. The moral battle for the AO will probably overshadow the tennis, and considering this one actually is for all the marbles, that’s saying something.
I’m not wedded to the theory, and this is to take nothing away from possibly the greatest tennis troll-dad ever, but I think the real nutter in Camp Novak is the mum. I’d get banned for saying what kind of vibes I get from her, so I’ll say this. There is no way that any father anywhere has the balls to act like Surejan does unless it’s exactly what’s expected of him — and encouraged — by his wife.
I also think the same about the Federers. Robert was just a guy who wanted someone to have a hit of squash or tennis with on a Sunday afternoon, not a goddam sporting juggernaut. The Nadals are a bit hard to read because they’re an athletic family, and Nadal was probably going to at least end up a professional footballer anyway.