Excited tennis fans return to Wimbledon after 1-year break
June 28, 2021 19:12 ISTWimbledon is back after a one-year hiatus and the gray, overcast weather felt right at home at an event notorious for its rain delays.
Wimbledon is back after a one-year hiatus and the gray, overcast weather felt right at home at an event notorious for its rain delays.
Play on the first morning of the grass-court tournament has been delayed at least until noon because of rain.
Konta, a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2017, is the first singles player in either the women's or men's bracket to be withdrawn from the field because of coronavirus protocols.
After a long injury lay-off, Andy Murray will return to his favourite Grand Slam after four years.
The 39-year-old Williams has won four gold medals at past Summer Games for the United States.
Winner of 13 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed, the 41-year-old Venus is the winner of five Wimbledon singles titles, with the last coming in 2008.
Win his next seven matches at Wimbledon, and Djokovic will own three consecutive titles at the All England Club.
Ostapenko, a wild-card entry in Eastbourne, collected her first WTA trophy since 2019 and fourth overall by beating Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 6-3 in the women's final.
Federer said that how things go over the coming fortnight will affect his plans for the next couple of months.
Kerber is seeded 25th for Wimbledon and will play Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic in the first round next week.
Ankita had won a bronze at the 2018 Asian Games, where the winner was assured of a Continental qualification place in the women's singles draw at the Tokyo Olympics.
Federer, who has a 101-13 match record at Wimbledon since his debut in 1999, will take on France's world No. 42 Adrian Mannarino in the first round.
The top-seeded Djokovic will have a lot at stake when play begins at the All England Club on Monday, a year after the grass-court tournament was canceled because of the pandemic.
Halep is ranked No. 3 but would have been seeded second at the All England Club because second-ranked Naomi Osaka pulled out of Wimbledon earlier.
Showing nerves of steel, Ramkumar saved one match point after another but eventually lost 3-6 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3 9-11 to his Australian rival after battling his heart out in a three hour and 30-minute contest.
The tennis world was shaken when the All England Club announced on April 1, 2020, that Wimbledon would be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic — the first time since World War II it was called off for any reason.
The 27-year-old from Austria retired during the opening set of his first match at the Mallorca Open grass-court tuneup tournament this week, citing a wrist injury.
Murray defended his men's singles title at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, becoming the first men's tennis player to win two Olympic gold medals in the singles event.
The 34-year-old veteran will be the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she competes at next month's Olympics.
Wimbledon was cancelled last year for the first time since 1945 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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