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