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“LATE JUNE” / “EARLY JULY”
*’WIMBLEDON’ / ‘LONDON’ / ‘UK’*
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(most prestigious tournament)
(played on grass courts)
(ala ‘lawn tennis’)
(british tournament)
(since 1877)
(making it the oldest tennis tournament)
(held at the all england club)
(in london suburb of wimbledon)
(tournament begins on monday falling between 20 – 26 june)
(queen’s club championships is two weeks prior to the event)
(‘warm-up’ event for men)
(seems a bit odd, doesn’t it?)
128 players in singles tournament
64 pairs in each single-sex doubles event
48 pairs in Mixed Doubles
players and doubles pairs are admitted to the main events on the basis of their international rankings,
(consideration also given to their previous performances at grasscourt events)
currently (since 2001) 32 male and female players are given seedings in the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ singles while 16 teams are seeded in the doubles events
2010
john isner
(born 1985)
(american)
(second-best american behind andy roddick)
(beat roddick in 2009 US Open)
(beat frenchman nicolas mahut in longest professional tennis match ever played!)
(11 hours 5 minutes)
(over three days!)
(6:18pm tuesday night – 4:49pm thursday night)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“TENNIS GRAND SLAMS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥