WIMBLEDON -- It was impossible to ignore the narrative unfolding on Centre Court. A likeable heroine. An unlikely comeback. A performance for the ages. Royals! Down to the final point of Saturday's women's Wimbledon final, the script seemed to be slipped from the pages of an English fairytale. But for the majority of this fortnight, most of us missed it.
We were all so focused on the remarkable return of a 23-time Grand Slam champion from maternity leave that we overlooked the Cinderella story unfolding on the other end of the court. To watch Angelique Kerber hoist the Venus Rosewater Dish in victory and read that moment as Serena Williams losing out on her chance for a fairytale ending, or to see Kerber as the spoiler in Williams' heartwarming story, would have been a disservice to how incredible Kerber's resurgence this season has been.