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Surprises unsurprisingly dominate Wimbledon Midterm Grades

Likewise, if players can -- and should -- endorse watches and candy and banks, plug their fashion lines and charitable foundations, discuss their diversity of
Surprises unsurprisingly dominate Wimbledon Midterm Grades
Surprises unsurprisingly dominate Wimbledon Midterm Grades

Likewise, if players can -- and should -- endorse watches and candy and banks, plug their fashion lines and charitable foundations, discuss their diversity of interests, there's something disingenuous about demanding "tennis questions only." At a time when the sport has so many stories to tell, so many ways to tell them, and a global audience dying for more than "I-take-it-one-match-at-a-time" pap, this interview Cerberus serves the best interest of precisely no one. The days of the Fleet Street tabloid press asking inappropriate questions is long gone. This guy's tenure should be, too. Rant over. Mamba out.

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Jon Wertheim
JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat, sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor’s in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City and Paris with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.