The defending men and women champions are Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams...also respectively seeded and ranked #1. Their losing opponents in last year's finals, Roger Federer and Garbiñe Muguruza, are seeded and ranked #2. So if all goes according to "plan", we'll see a couple of rematches this year...but don't count on it. There are always some surprises over the course of the tournament. And Andy Murray on the men's side and Angelique Kerber or Agnieska Radwanska on the women's could potentially walk away with the title. Missing in Wimbledon this year are Rafael Nadal, Victoria Azarenka, and Maria Sharapova. Nadal and Azarenka have injuries while Sharapova is suspended because of performance-enhancing drug use...
Djokovic has already won this year's Australian and French Opens. He is trying to win all four majors in one year, a feat that has been remarkably elusive over the years...especially considering the relative lack of parity at this sport's highest levels. Williams, on the other hand, is trying to recover her winning ways, having lost in the Australian finale to Kerber and in the French to Muguruza...
I won't be sitting there glued to the TV watching Wimbledon. However, since due to the time zone difference between England and the eastern U.S. many of the matches will be shown live on TV in the morning hours, it will be very convenient for me to watch some of them at that time of day. But as is the case with baseball, it can get to be a bit tedious just sitting there watching tennis matches without interruption. No problem...I have other things to do while Wimbledon is on...
