Harrington's out of the gate with an understated serve. I like this move. In some of the other Layer/Photoshop matches I've seen, the players have given their opponents too much to work with on the serve, too many elements to grab onto to fashion into a fiery return. This is a very quick, straightforward shot down the pipe. Not too much for Anderson to work with here, but I don't think he'll have too much trouble with it, a player of his skill level.
One other thing. Harrington seems to be having a bit of fun with your commentator here. In the pre-match warm-up I wrote: "Both of these artists love to blow up the canvas with high contrast, bright colors, and layer upon layer of detail." His serve is none of these things. Are we going to see something a bit different from Harrington and Anderson here today? Are these guys more versatile than I gave them credit for? We might have a competition here after all... Anderson/Harrington vs. the clock and your commentator. Don't make me come over there with my copy of Photoshop!
Not much more to say about an unreturned serve, so we wait on Anderson's volley.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Jason Kottke.
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