Donald Trump and his Knothead Gang should forget trying to convince us shipping brown people to concentration camps is what makes America great. They should be paying attention to women's tennis instead.
See what happened at Wimbledon yesterday?
Miami native Amanda Anisimova, seeded 13th in the Big Show, sent top-seeded Arya Sabalenka packing in the semifinals, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. That puts her on Centre Court tomorrow to play for the title against 8-seed (and former world No. 1) Iga Swiatek.
If Anisimova wins, the U.S. will be 3-0 against the world in Grand Slams this year and Anisimova will be the third different American woman to claim one. Madison Keys beat Sabalenka to win the Australian Open in January, and last month Coco Gauff beat Sabalenka to win the French Open. With Jessica Pegula reaching the U.S. Open final last fall, an American woman has played in the last four Grand Slam finals -- and not just an American woman, but four different American women.
So if you were waiting for someone to turn the lights back on after Serena Williams retired, you need wait no longer. In fact you have to go back to the Serena-and-Venus days to find a time when American women had as robust a presence on the world stage as they do now.
Or perhaps you have to go back even farther than that.
Anisimova's victory over Sabalenka, see, marked the first time three different women had beaten a world No. 1 since 1982. You know, back when Chrissie and Tracy Austin and Andrea Jaeger and Pam Shriver 'n' them were knocking it around.
Make America great again?
Only a punchline until Anisimova, Gauff, Keys and Pegula showed up. So raise a glass.
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