Sinner Sinner chicken dinner

 

The men's singles side of the Wimbledon tennis tournament played out just like you would have thought at the outset of the tourney: Jannik Sinner of Italy (the 1 seed) defeated Sascha Zverev of Germany (the 2 seed) in the finals. It took four sets, but Sinner's serve was never broken. This is his second Wimbledon title in a row.

It wasn't as interesting as the women's final. Those guys both hit rockets at each other for nearly four hours. There was no let-up from either side of the net. At one point, Zverev slipped and hurt his knee; Sinner helped him back up. The American TV announcer, Chris Fowler, started making Billy Joel song references. Fowler's sidekicks, the McEnroe brothers, kept it street-wise and just entertaining enough. Pizza was delivered to the ESPN booth. There were celebrities. Dustin Hoffman got to sit in the royal box right behind Princess (or Whatever) Kate, her husband What's-His-Name, and their cute kids. I thought Dusty had some unsightly baggage that might have precluded that. Ben Stiller was also in the royal zone, on his best behavior.

Speaking of Billy Joel, it would be cool if he showed up one year. A couple of years ago, Sinner had Seal in the stands rooting for him.

Anyway, there's a little more grass tennis to be played, extremely minor events in comparison to the Wimby, but for the top players the scene now shifts to the hard courts. The U.S Open, in New York, starts on August 30. 

The 50-week recovery of the grass at the All England Club began bright and early this morning.