About this episode
Maybe you've heard that Wimbledon 2018 has been full of shocking upsets, but just how shocking are they? Most of the early-round vanquishers have backed up their results with trips to the second week. In the words of tennis' poet laureate, Venus Williams, their places in the draw are not accidental, but "an opportunity earned." We comb through the draw, look at Federer's decision to leave Nike for Uniqlo, and take a look at Marion Bartoli and Nick Kyrgios' tiff. 0:30 Week 1 summary: Everybody lost 5:10 Wozniacki's unkind words for Makarova are belied by Makarova's actual results 10:25 Many of the early-round giant-killers are still slaying! 16:00 Other women's draw stuff - Serena, Venus, Kerber, Simona, Hsieh 24:20 Our women's draw predictions 25:55 Men's draw: Mackenzie McDonald is giving US fans a different look 31:45 Gulbis is rebuilding his career the hard way, knocks out #4 Sascha Zverev in round 3 37:00 Other men's draw stuff and predictions 41:30 Federer with Uniqlo in massive 10-year contract 47:30 Marion Bartoli goes all the way in on Kyrgios & Monfils