WIMBLEDON, England—Have you not been entertained, tennis friends? We are emptying out the saddlebags from Wimbledon 2022 with our 50 Thoughts from the fortnight.
1. Novak Djokovic continues to bend the arc of tennis history
He won his seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Major, de (de/de) fending his title. He was often brilliant—looking no worse for wear being on the north side of age 35. But it was his to get out of lapses that was just as impressive. In five-of-seven matches he lost at least a set. It was more of an annoyance than a crisis. He simply resurrected his best tennis. That’s what the great ones do.