LONDON: The Wimbledon champions were cancelled for the very first time given that World War II on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic struck another blue-riband sports event off the calendar and wiped out the entire tennis grass-court season.
While the choice had actually looked inevitable for some time, because the virtual shutdown of world sport and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, Wimbledon had been among the few occasions not to have been formally cancelled or held off.
But after emergency situation talks between the numerous stakeholders over the last few days, the All England Lawn Tennis Club ( AELTC) revealed that it was difficult for the grass-court Grand Slam, scheduled for June 29- July 12, to happen.
” It is with excellent remorse that the main board … have today chose that The Champions2020 will be cancelled due to public health issues linked to the coronavirus epidemic,” the AELTC said in a declaration.
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” The 134 th Championships will rather be staged from June 28 to July 11, 2021.”.
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