In Perfect DisHarmony: Wimbledon Week One

Wimbledon week one saw a GOAT come and go, her sister light up the doubles court, the two male legends anchor their sides of the draw, and the loquacious Cornet end Swiatek's 37-match win streak. Saturday lit up the tournament for reasons good and bad; after Anisimova notched an impressive win over Gauff, Kyrgios and Tsitsipas gave an absolute shit show of code violations, toxic behavior, and occasionally compelling tennis. All the while, COVID reared its ugly head despite the tournament's determination to ignore it. 

 

2:05 Serena, queen of net rushing and accepting her tennis mortality

14:30 Tami Korpatsch: a social media star is born

18:35 Venus & Jamie: you bring me joy

25:15 The upsets: the surprising (Hubi) and the less so (Muguruza & Kontaveit)

34:10 Round of 16 match-ups: Cornet ends Iga’s streak 

41:40 Men’s draw: Covid wreaks havoc on the bottom half

48: 50 Covid is still here, surprise! On tennis’ players’ “civic spirit”

54:05 The All England Club as an extension of the British government 

56:20 Novak’s new tennys text buddy 

58:55 The men get messy: ADF, Rafa, Nick & Stefanos