NEW YORK -- There was this tennis match on Monday, an important fourth-round joust between defending U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka and the 13th seeded Belinda Bencic.
Bencic, a 22-year-old Swiss, pulled a 7-5, 6-4 upset over the world's No. 1 player, and then the two ruminated about the vicissitudes of life. About lessons and expectations and injuries.