From the editors:

Tuesday, July 5
No Joke, Wimbledon Title Goes to Djokovic
Bud Collins • The Boston Globe • July 4

Novak Djokovic Expected to Win His First U.S. Open Title
Mark Hodgkinson • The Daily Telegraph • July 4

Nadal Finds Out Just How His Opponents Have Felt
Karen Crouse • The Daily New York Times • July 3

Racquet Reaction: Kvitova d. Sharapova
Steve Tignor • Tennis.com • July 2

Kvitova Dominates Sharapova to Provide Glimpse into the Future
Bruce Jenkins • Sports Illustrated • July 2

This is the first installment of Five on One, a new weekly feature on SportsFeat collecting the best writing on the biggest story of the weekend.

“Nothing changes faster than share prices in the tennis stock market, and now everything looks different again after Djokovic held up the Challenge Cup,” writes Mark Hodgkinson in The Daily Telegraph.

Novak Djokovic would have been No. 1 in the world regardless of his performance Sunday. That’s because he’s had the best year of any tennis player in the world, a season so remarkable that, even had Rafael Nadal held three Grand Slam titles at once, Djokovic still would have ranked ahead.

With that in mind, here are five highly intelligent and measured writings on Wimbledon’s final weekend. None is particularly long, but all offer considerate points from premier tennis writers.

It should be noted that this list was more difficult to compile than it would have been five years ago—the American media is finding a difficult time getting people across the pond for Wimbledon. But that doesn’t mean quality tennis writing is dead.




Adi Joseph is a sports copy editor for USA Today and the curator of Hard-Charging, a Tumblr where he posts 5-10 sports journalism links a day.

Five on One appears every Monday.