12 lessons we learnt from this year's Wimbledon

14 July 2015 - 02:13 By © The Daily Telegraph

Golden oldies can still turn it on, Nick Kyrgios is our new pantomime villain and Britain are still a third-class tennis nation - this is what we learnt from Wimbledon 2015. Age shall not wither them: Serena Williams and Roger Federer, who dominated the tournament, have a combined age of 66;The "Serena Slam" is but the beginning. The way she played at Wimbledon, a calendar Grand Slam seems almost inevitable once the US Open starts in September;The extra week in the grass court season was a great idea ;Women's grunting has reached comical levels. In Victoria Azarenka and Williams's quarter-final, the crowd actually had to be told not to laugh during points;The demise of the single-handed backhand has been exaggerated;Wimbledon still doesn't really like the Williams sisters;To paraphrase The Australian, Nick Kyrgios is both a breath of fresh air and a total d***head. Regardless, Wimbledon would be far duller without him;The men's draw did not produce many classics. Kevin Anderson v Novak Djokovic and Richard Gasquet v Stan Wawrinka aside, five-set matches were few and far between in the second week;Rafael Nadal will always be vulnerable in the first week. The soft courts do not suit the Spaniard's knees in the opening rounds ;Maria Sharapova's stubbornness is costing her titles. In a feisty post-match press conference, she refused to address her wayward ball toss or her failure to change tactics to try to beat Williams;Sexism is alive and well in tennis. Women may get all the heat breaks, but they get far less time on show courts than the men; andWilliams is right: Garbiñ e Muguruza will win the Wimbledon title within the next couple of years - sooner if Williams retires.Grand slams dadsMen who have won singles titles after having children: Jimmy Connors: Wimbledon, US (1982)Pat Cash: Wimbledon (1987)Andres Gomez: French (1990)Boris Becker: Australian (1996)Petr Korda: Australian (1998)Yevgeny Kafelnikov: Australian (1999)Albert Costa: French 2002Andre Agassi: Australian (2003)Roger Federer: Australian (2010), Wimbledon (2012)Novak Djokovic: Australian, Wimbledon (2015)Reuters..

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