By late afternoon, Fernandez is dozing in his chair, mouth agape, hands clasped in his lap.

By the time he reached the home stretch, his teammates were waiting, arms raised and mouths agape, for a celebration at the plate.

Rafael Nadal, left arm across his chest, feet levitating above the court and mouth agape, has just walloped a trademark forehand winner.

He looked so frail in a wheelchair, his legs covered by a blanket and his mouth agape, that it shocked friends in the church and admirers watching on television.

The men lay frozen naked in a ghoulish pile, with mouths agape and eyes glazed over, their hair encrusted with ice and snow.