Weird

[poliphilo]

Wimbledon didn't happen, but the French Open is just getting started- several months behind time- under grey skies, with the seats mostly empty and such spectators as there are wearing masks and many of the players opting for leggings because it's so bloody cold.

When this footage gets replayed people will know without being told that its from 2020- and they'll turn to one another and go, "That was such a weird year."

Comments

[tagryn]

...and hopefully not "ah, yes, what strange games they played, before the Dark Times came..."

[poliphilo]

Hopefully not.

But I do wonder how things will go when the present generation of superstars fades away. We've lived through a golden age- and I've not seen anyone coming up who can replace them