Updated.
April 02, 2020 03: 04:19
Wimbledon is cancelled as an outcome of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time because World War II that the oldest grand slam tennis competition won’t be played.
Bottom line:
- Wimbledon has been cancelled for the very first time in 85 years, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic
- The famous grasscourt grand slam has actually just ever been cancelled in the past due to the break out of World Wars I and II
- It is the first tennis grand slam to be cancelled in 2020, the French