Coco!
It is so in sport that when the best is gone we fear there will be no other. The sun will no more shine as bright. No more will we speak in exclamation points. No longer will that sense of astonishment be at the ready.
And so it was when the G.O.A.T. left the building. Serena. One word all we had required. And now?
The answer came sooner than we had reason to imagine. For the past fortnight a teenager appeared ready, willing and able to weather the vacillations that inevitably accompany this endeavor. With a mind as resolute as a forehand crackling down the line. A winner.
Coco. While it is far too early to place the crown upon her head, she was here to remind us that the most wonderful aspect of being a fan is there is always a tomorrow. Forever an opportunity for greatness to appear to take our breath away. To give us reason to believe. To turn possibility into reality.
Now? The exclamation point has returned!
Coco!