Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court.
This week, Serena Williams returned, an awkward run of results for two best friends continued, and the dog days might be over at Wimbledon.
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It was the headbands that got me.
I can’t think of a moment I’ve been excited about a GOAT coming out of retirement. Call me grumpy, but I tend to get ***** med out at the idea of a monumentally accomplished athlete returning to see what’s left to squeeze out of their career. I want these all-time greats to be satisfied enough to move on with life; I want them to avoid having to face being fractionally as good as they once were; I want society to be able to let its legends lie.