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In Wimbledon, Men’s Singles Champion is given a cup and a silver plate trophy to the Women’s Singles Champion.
Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament, starts in the All England Club London from today. This is the 138th edition of this 148 -year -old Grand Slam tournament. Wimbledon was organized during World War and 2020 during the Corona epidemic. It is also called the most prestigious in the four Grand Slam of tennis.
Wimbledon is the third Grand Slam of the year. Tennis consists of 4 Grand Slam. All four are held every year, it begins with the Australian Open in January. The French is open in May and June. Wimbledon in July and US open in August-September. Us is the last grand slam of the open year.
Serbia’s star tennis player Novak Djokovic will try to win the 25th title in the tournament, but he will have a challenge of Spain’s young star Carlos Alkaraj. 22 -year -old Alkaraj defeated Djokovic in the final match played on the gross court last year.
All England Club makes Wimbledon Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament, which no National Tennis Association organized. It is organized by All England Club. The club was established in 1868. Tennis was earlier called crochet. The 6 members together started the All England Tennis and Crocket Club and then later started the Wimbledon tournament in 1877.
Today it is a private club and has 500 members. The Princess of Wales remains the mistress of this club. Cathreen Elizabeth Middleton is currently its mistress.
In Wimbledon, Men’s Singles Champion is given a cup and a silver plate trophy to the Women’s Singles Champion.
Know here the tradition of Wimbledon, which remained unbreakable …
- Ball Boy and Ball Girls The ball boy and girls here make this championship special. They are known as BBG. Since 2005, BBG 6 works in 6, out of which 2 live on the net, 4 live in corners. Their job is to pick up the ball and reach the player. BBG was seen in the Championships in the 1920–30s. They are nominated by the school principal, although they all have to pass a written examination based on tennis rules.
- Players dress All the players in the tournament have permission to play tennis only by wearing white clothes. It was also protested during Wimbledon in 2022. Protesters said that it is challenging for women to play tennis in white clothes during periods. So the white dress code should be removed, but Wimbledon persisted on his rules. This time too, players will get into white dress.
- Viewers are served strawberry-cream wine The tournament has a tradition of serving British wines in addition to the audience’s strawberries and creams.
- Organized on grass court In 1877, Wimbledon started on the grass court. For the last 146 years, this competition is being held on the grass court. It is the only one in four Grand Slam, which is played on the Grass Court. The Australian Open and the US Open Hard Court, while the French Open Clay is played on the court.
The Wimbledon 2024 title was won by Spain’s Carlos Alkaraj.
Now some interesting facts of the tournament …
- Honor of royal family Earlier, the players used to bow their heads in honor of the royal family sitting in the Royal box while coming to the center court and leaving the court. In 2003, his royal Queen Duke of Kent, president of the All England Club, decided to stop the tradition. Now the players bow their heads only when the prince or queen of Wales is present here. This happened in 2010, when the Queen herself was present in Wimbledon on 24 June.
- Players address Before 2009, women players were addressed with ‘Miss’ or ‘Mrs.’ on the scoreboard. Following this, married women players are addressed by their husband’s name.
- The trophy not changed, hand over the champion to the champion Since 1887, the winner of Male Single is being given a trophy in Wimbledon. The male champion gets 18.5 inches long and 7.5 inches wide cup. The player who becomes the champion is assigned to the trophy, on which the previous champion players are named, while the real trophy is kept in the Museum of All England Club. The champion of the female singles is given Sterling Silver Salwar (silver trophy made in a plate shape). There are idols of deities on this. Players who win the doubles event are given the silver cup.
- Special eagle kept to drive the pigeon The eagle is placed in Wimbledon to drive away pigeons. Ruffas the Hawk is a Harris Hawk i.e. special eagle, which is raised by All England Lawn Tennis and Crocket Club to drive away pigeons. Hawk is considered an important member of the Wimbledon family. Roofas has been serving for the last 15 years. Before Roofas, Hamish used to ensure that the pigeons were driven away in Wimbledon.
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