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Account for Wimbledon finalist, almost drained slicing lob (9)

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narrative

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'account' is the definition.
(narrative is a kind of account)

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(Other definitions for narrative that I've seen before include "relation" , "Popeye's vegetable" , "Chronicle" , "Verbal account" , "Story recounting events" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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