Danish Dynamite

Svanemøllen, Copenhagen - Making sure everyone knows he is still as capable as ever of brilliance on a tennis court — particularly one made of linoleum, and with a roof overhead — on thursday Claus Holmen beat all challengers.

"It feels nice," Holmen said, clutching the gold trophy donated by the Kovacs in the memory of late tennisidol Oskar Kovacs.
The victory increased Holmen's record total to 17 major titles.
"He doesn't want to stop now," brother Shane Holmen said in a telephone interview. "I just think he's that much better than the other guys on linolium, and he loves linoleum the way I love Jesus."
After a record seven consecutive Svenska Mästerskapet finals from 2005-11, Holmen lost in the finals in 2010 and 2011, then wasted  a lead against Adam Holberg in the Fuerteventura Open in 2011, raising questions about whether he might be slipping.
"Tough moments for me the last couple years, I guess," Holmen said. "So I really almost didn't try to picture myself with the trophy or try to think too far ahead, really!"