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Commentary: Wimbledon: A great tradition, but why is it played on grass courts? (copy)
I love the smell of fresh-cut grass in the morning, but I hate seeing my favorite professional tennis players slipping and falling-down on the grass courts at Wimbledon. When did Championships ...
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Wimbledon
Wimbledon is one of them. The Championships, Wimbledon – to give it its full name – was founded in 1877 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of four Grand Slam tournaments ...
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A bluffer's guide to Wimbledon
The first ever Wimbledon took place in 1877, but it was an event very different ... and boys’ and girls’ tournaments. There are 18 championship grass courts at Wimbledon, and an order of ...
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Cicak to be 1st female chair umpire in Wimbledon men's final
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — There will be a female chair umpire for the Wimbledon men's singles final for the first time in the history of a tournament first played in 1877. Marija Cicak, a 43 ...
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How does London, and the wider world, benefit from the Tennis Championships?
The Championships, the only major competition still played on grass, began in 1877 at the All England Club in the centre of Wimbledon. Featuring some of the greatest tennis players to date ...