What tennis offers is an escape, a retreat from the world, a forgetting. And what about this world, at this time, is worth remembering?
Only Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni have managed to win a set in a Grand Slam main draw before Nagal, in the last two decades
Nagal won the first set and managed to make Federer sweat for his win
Dhruv Munjal on why Novak Djokovic may yet win that highly contested title
Why there is no looking beyond the 'Big Three' ahead of Wimbledon
The 1920s of tennis is sometimes seen as the age of Bill Tilden though, except in the US National Championships, he had not been a mind-blowing success anywhere else
Let's call him the GOATI, which sounds vaguely Swiss and thus brings to mind Roger Federer, not a bad candidate as it turns out
Jack Sock is one of the players who has started employing a huge second serve
Male athletes are denied the recognition of a full life off the playing field
The next generation of tennis champions is hard to spot