Wimbledon--the tournament so far

It's been Wimbledon as usual, with long lines, strawberries, white tennis clothes, and, of course, a rain delay. There is increasing dissatisfaction with Maria Sharapova's so-called grunting, which is really more like screaming, yet no significant complaining about the men's grunting. Imagine that.

Emotional wreck Marat Safin, who thinks women are too emotional, whacked his racquet and got a warning that the next time he did it, he would be penalized. He did it again, and there was no penalty. Instead, he was defeated in the third round, which is all right with me.

Anastasia Myskina and Jelena Jankovic played the most choke-riddled match in recent history, with Myskina finally prevailing, 6-0, 5-7, 10-8. Maria Sharapova implied that she let Sesil Karatancheva win a game so she wouldn't be double-bageled, and Karatancheva was justifiably angry to hear this. Svetlana Kuznetsova said Sania Mirza played her best best against her worst, and Mirza was not happy to hear that: "Did she say it was my best against her worst? Well thats her opinion and she's entitled to it, but I must say that she seems to be playing her worst a bit too often then. She must have forgotten that she lost to me in Dubai."

And so it goes. The commentators continue to mispronounce the players' names, the commercials featuring Sharapova, Andre Agassi, and Steffi Graf have been shown so many times that fans fantasize about slamming racquets through their television screens, and the really good matches don't get shown on television because Sharapova and Serena aren't in them.