I've got the Wimbledon men's final on now, and it's a bit unfortunate to see what "parity" can do to such a great event. World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt appears ready to blow away some kid David Nalbandian, who's playing his first match on Centre Court(!). With all of the upsets in Nalbandian's part of the draw, it was apparent some unknown was going to emerge in the finals, where as the Hewitt-Tim Henman semifinal was the de facto final. Sometimes, these "unknown" finals turn out to be somewhat entertaining -- Boris Becker years ago, the streaker in the midst of the Richard Krajicek-MaliVai Washington final, and even Goran Ivanisevic's surprise win last year (only because he had been close to obscurity at that point). At the same time, it's hard to get worked up or to pull yourself out of bed for something that seems inevitable.

At the same time, we now have had back-to-back finals with the Williams' sisters. And odd as it is to say, that's already getting a bit boring. (There's the flip side to parity.) Serena is closing the gap on Venus, having won the last two meetings, and you'd hope the quality of tennis gets better in their matches as time goes on.

Finally, it's nice to see Anna Kournikova make the final weekend of the fortnight after fizzling out in singles. Anna has proven herself to be a fine doubles player, and it's not a bad thing if she's the new version of Gigi Fernandez. It could make doubles a more attractive draw than it is now.