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Much love to everyone heading to Wimbledon for work or pleasure. Stay hydrated, put on your sunscreen, and be nice to the stewards. They are awesome. In honor of the classiest and high-brow Slam of the year, I dedicate the greatest video on the internet to all of you:

Alright, my babies: It's Wimbledon time. Here's a roundup of preview content:

• Printable draws > Dynamic draws and you can find Wimbledon's here and here. (Wimbledon)
• Here's how the official WTA and ATP websites see it. (WTA/ATP)
• I love tournament radio. You can listen to The Wimbledon Radio Channel on the app and on web here. As of Friday, they've been looping their draw reaction. (Wimbledon)
• Steve Tignor takes a look at the men's draw (Tennis.com):

"...after Roland Garros, no one, possibly outside of Novak Djokovic, seems like a dire threat to either the Italian or the Spaniard. They passed all the relevant tests in Paris, so why wouldn’t they do the same here?"

• RECORD SCRATCH NOISE: wait.....Aryna, Coco AND Iga are ALL 11-5 at Wimbledon??? You certainly wouldn't think that given how they're each talked about. (Tennis.com)

• In this house we stan Reem Abulleil – or as one of her professional haters calls her, "Reemie". (The National)
• Carole is in her happy place at Wimbledon. Her interview with France's Alyssa Reguer – not to be confused with America's Ashlyn Krueger, which is what I initially typed due to muscle memory – is a great look at the how "the other half" – the not Coco Gauffs and Mirra Andreevas – live. (Tennis Sweet Spot via Substack)
• Nice glow-up feature on Madison Keys by Don McRae in The Guardian.
• Here's Andy Roddick and Jon Wertheim's breakdown of both draws:

• On paper, Coco's draw is hilarious. (@LeDerius on Twitter)
• And with that, we turn the page. Hopefully? (AP via Yahoo)
• DID YOU GUYS SEE LINDA NOSKOVA'S BID FOR SHOT OF THE YEAR IN BAD HOMBURG??? It's buried at the 3:32 mark below:

• This is understandable from Emma Raducanu (The Telegraph via Yahoo)

"Once you’ve reached the top of winning a grand slam and every result you have, you’re like, ‘Well, it’s not the same level as that’. So it’s difficult to get my own head around and bring my expectations of myself a bit down, because I’m like, ‘Well, I’ve achieved that. Why can’t I achieve this?’ That’s the hardest internal debate that I have in my mind."

• TIL: Mingge Xu is Welsh! (The Indepedent)
• What happened to Keep Calm and Carry On? (The Independent via Yahoo)
• In this house, we stan the legendary Sue Barker. (The Independent)

• Sixteenth-century tennis was a dangerous sport played with balls covered in wool. (The Conversation h/t @auntietennis.bsky.social)
• The Washington Post is rolling out a feature in which people quoted in articles would be invited to annotate them and given all the "That's not what I said/meant/intended" quote correction going on, I am already laughing at the possibilities in tennis. (NYT)
• Speaking of which: call me a crabby old journalist, but dude, this is not even close to being anything an athlete should be reacting to. Innocuous is an understatement. (Awful Announcing)

• Former FTC Chair and impressive-as-hell nerd Lina Khan's hit on Pablo Torre's podcast was outstanding and every sports fan should watch it. I don't think anyone is better at explaining complex topics. If you've noticed how easy it is to now unsubscribe to email lists, you have Lina Khan to thank. If she ever runs for office, I will immediately quit my current unemployment and make electing Lina Khan my full-time job. (Pablo Torre Finds Out)

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