The Upstarts at Wimbledon

Before this year, the past seven women’s singles titles at Wimbledon were won by seven different players. Then, on Saturday, Barbora Krejčíková became the eighth new champion in a row. Her victory was a surprise—but it was not as shocking as what she did three years ago, when she used her crafty, all-court game to take advantage of a broken draw and win the French Open. No one expected that: although Krejčíková had been the No. 1 doubles player in the world, she had never found much success on the singles tour. She’d never even made the main draw of Wimbledon. Now she has won it, defeating Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 in the final.