A Wimbledon to remember

The beauty of a first-time women's winner, Fritz gets his flowers, and the great commentator debate.

The Replay (But Make It Deep)

You know the post-vacation blues, when you get home from a fun trip and reality strikes a little too harshly? That’s how I feel when a Slam winds down—gloomy, adrift, and a little hollow. What exactly am I supposed to do with myself now? As I write this, we still have the women’s and men’s finals to watch, so not all is lost, but there’s something about the earlier rounds—with all their potential for upsets, excitement, and first-time achievements—that’s a little harder to come by towards the end.

This is less true on the WTA side, which has truly delivered this year on varied and less predictable finals match-ups, with American women carrying the torch. Don’t get me wrong, Carlos Alcaraz (2) vs. Jannik Sinner (1) is sure to be another epic, but I’m already looking forward to the day when someone other than Djokovic can break through.

I’m an emotional viewer, and I love a good story, so I’m always rooting for the so-called underdogs (an extremely relative te…