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Wimbledon: Thoughts from Week One

By Clinton Trueman

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Jul 3, 2015; London, United Kingdom; Nick Kyrgios (AUS) in action during his match against Milos Raonic (CAN) on day five of The Championships Wimbledon at the AELTC. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports

Not immune to the chaos and surprises that come with a grand slam, this year’s Wimbledon has provided some outrageous results and talking points. Here are some of the most surprising storylines that you may have missed.

  • In ranking news, Eugenie Bouchard will fall to No. 26 after failing to defend her finals appearance from last year. In better news, Caroline Wozniacki will rise to No. 3 if she defeats Muguruza in the fourth round, while Aga Radwanska will likely regain her top ten position if she defeats Jankovic.
  • Congratulations to Sara Errani for winning a match on grass! For a player who once fell in a golden set at Wimbledon and has possibly the worst serve on the women’s tour, that’s a big achievement. She fell in the second round to Aleksandra Krunic.
  • How is it possible that Jana Cepelova’s 2nd match victory of the year came against World Number 3 Simona Halep? Are the women of the WTA too inconsistent or is the game just that dense? Based on Cepelova vs. Halep, I’d say a bit of both.
  • This will be the first Wimbledon event since 2008 in which neither Sabine Lisicki nor Petra Kvitova have advanced to the quarterfinals. The WTA really don’t appreciate consistency.
  • So, Nick Kyrgios has been the subject of 3 (!) controversies this week, momentarily refusing to play in his first match, insulting the chair umpire in his second round match, and then climbing a wall to watch Lleyton Hewitt play doubles. I found myself siding with the youngster on the last matter and against him on the first. I was pretty neutral on the second matter: Kyrgios shouldn’t have made the remarks that he did to the chair umpire, but should linesmen really be reporting players to the chair for muttered, inaudible obscenities? Short answer: no.
  • Speaking of Kyrgios, the youngster was told in his third round match that he couldn’t wear an official Wimbledon headband during the match because it violated the tournament’s ‘all white attire’ rule. Do we need another indication that this rule is being enforced too severely?

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