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<\/a>Angelique Kerber, upon winning.<\/p><\/div>\n
So, I don\u2019t have that much to say about the tournament now. I am thrilled for the new Ladies Champion, Angelique Kerber. I often root for her anyway, but never more than in the Final against the creepy Serena Williams, who’s always a bad sport or a phony okay one.<\/p>\n
And I\u2019m happy for Mens’ runner-up, Kevin Anderson, to have made it that far, but I really wish he had won.<\/p>\n
And I\u2019m semi-happy for Novak Djokovic to have won again because he came so far back from an awful last two years, when we all thought it over for him.<\/p>\n
<\/a>I guess Novak Djokovich was excited to win that match! Photo by Karen Salkin, as is the big one at the top of this page.<\/p><\/div>\n
But I had forgotten about this one carry-over from last week-end, which made me dislike Novak for the rest of this week: I had forgotten what an a-hole Djokovic is when he feels the crowd is against him. In his Third Round match against Brit Kyle Edmund, whose side he should have known going in that the crowd would be on, he continually was nasty to them, blowing kisses when he won a game and inciting them in every way he could think of. He had missed the past few Majors, because of injury, so I had actually been feeling sorry for him.\u00a0 But not anymore.<\/p>\n
Now let\u2019s go in order of this week, and then hope that Roger wins the upcoming US Open! (And remember\u2014these are the notes I wrote each day, as the events happened.)<\/p>\n
MONDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n Unemcumbered Adrian Mannarino. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Karolina Plishkova is 6\u20192\u201d but stands straighter than most any other tall person I\u2019ve ever seen! Love it!<\/p>\n But she was the last of the ladies Top Ten seeds who were left, and now even she\u2019s gone! So the winner will be someone who was seeded at 11 or lower, which is a shock. And the Final will be between two women in those positions! Wow. Talk about making it so much easier for Serena.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen a lower maintenance player than France\u2019s Adrian Mannarino! This guy showed-up in just a non-sponsored plain white tee-shirt, (with no sponsor\u00a0patches\u00a0<\/em>even!!!,) and just one<\/em> non-full bag that doesn\u2019t look like it has room for even\u00a0one\u00a0racket!!! Everyone else has a giant racket bag\u00a0plus\u00a0<\/em>another big bag with their snacks, special beverages, change of shirts, etc.\u00a0 I don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n (L-R) Daria Kasatkina and Angie Kerber. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n The first time I got verklempt in this whole tourney is when Angie Kerber and Daria Kasatkina hugged warmly at the net after Kerber won the most competitive match so far. That was lovely to witness.<\/p>\n Camila Giorgi is so cute. And I love that when they asked her what she thought of Serena before their semi-final match, she answered, \u201cI don\u2019t follow women\u2019s tennis.\u201d Tough girl.<\/p>\n WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n I can\u2019t even discuss today. (See the very first paragraph of this wrap-up if you don\u2019t know why.)<\/p>\n THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve never seen this particular bit of class before\u2014Julia Goerges said \u201cThank you\u201d to the woman who walked them in for the Semis! That\u2019s a girl after my own heart.<\/p>\n Chris Evert just said that women\u2019s tennis is more exciting with Serena Williams in it. She needs to learn to speak for herself and not make general proclamations like that because, I for one, would find it much,\u00a0much<\/em>\u00a0more exciting\u00a0without<\/em>\u00a0her!!! Just look at how fun it\u2019s been for newly-crowned Wimbledon Champion Angelique Kerber to be the only female who has won two<\/em> Majors out of the last eight! (Serena won only one. Let\u2019s keep it that way.)<\/p>\n FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n Why does Serena Williams wear that hideous long-sleeved pregnant-stomached dress on court, when she looks so much better in her practice gear? I assumed that she was trying to hide her arms and her stomach with that creepy attire, but it turns out that she looks thinner outside of it, so I don\u2019t get that choice at all. And pairing it with tights in 90\u00b0 just made her look pretty insane.<\/p>\n Those things on Serena Williams’ face that she does not have removed. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n And, with all her money, why doesn\u2019t Serena remove that ugly thing hanging off her face?!<\/p>\n Has John Isner\u2019s lisp gotten less pronounced??? If he\u2019s been working on it, then good for him!<\/p>\n But it\u2019s funny\u2014John and Kevin Anderson were not only the two tallest players ever facing each other in a semi, but they both have lisps!!! Maybe it\u2019s something about the air up there!<\/p>\n Those were truly two warriors out on that court for that marathon match!!! OMG!<\/p>\n But I seemed to be the only one mentioning that if that match went even longer in the non-tiebreak fifth set, what if it went on until tomorrow? Or even Sunday?! John Isner had played that crazy eleven-hour match, over three days, about eight years ago at this tournament, so who\u2019s to say that could not happen again? And, as I\u2019m also the only one saying, what were they going to do about the next semi, between Rafa and Novak, because, even with the roof closed, the Wimbledon village curfew meant that they would have to stop at 11PM. And what if theirs<\/em> went on until Sunday??? And why does no one think of these problems but me<\/em>??? (And I was pretty correct, about it all!!!)<\/p>\n I think that victor Kevin Anderson felt worse for loser John Isner than he was happy for himself. I really do.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>