Quiet, please: a brief overview of psychological battlefield also known as Wimbledon's Centre Court.
The G&Ts also flow freely at Wimbledon, but a certain decorum keeps prevailing even late into a Saturday night
16 July 2023 - 00:00
Tennis is a game of holding one's nerve. Yes, it's also about hitting a fuzzy yellow ball over a net and trying to look good while doing it even if you're not good at doing it. (I mean, just look at the resurgence of retro tennis-inspired attire in fashion catalogues the past year or two. There's even a word for this marriage of preppy and athleisure: tenniscore. But we digress.)..
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