Sportswriter and broadcaster David Fearnhead, Women's Tennis Blog's friend and long-time contributor, shares his Top 5 talking points from Wimbledon 2016.
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My fellow journalists are not always kind to women’s tennis. Many come from the monoculture of football and only take up an interest in the sport for those two weeks of the year when Wimbledon descends upon London. And as is often the case for the ill-informed, they express many negative opinions. The semifinals did little to dissuade them of their prejudice. Serena Williams' quick dismissal of Elena Vesnina only brought back accusations of predictability and lack of competition for the world’s greatest sportswoman.