The Frenchman, who was playing on his 22nd birthday, also struggled with a knee injury that he sustained midway through the second set but by then his resistance was already fading.

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But the darkness was already fading, anyway.

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Such froth masked what was already a fading boom.

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At this writing, it is only twelve days since the announcement of QE3 on September 13, and already the euphoria is fading.

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Already, what momentum had begun to build up earlier in the year is fading once more.

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