Wimbledon Postponed due to Covid-19
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Recently, the Wimbledon championships, which were scheduled for 29th June-12th July, have been cancelled for the first time since World War Two (WWII) in the wake of the ongoing crisis of Covid-19.
- Wimbledon (one of the Grand Slams) had been one of the few events not to have been officially cancelled or postponed.
- Few days back, the Tokyo Olympics were also postponed.
Grand Slam Tournaments
- These are the four most important annual tennis events and each tournament is played for about two weeks.
- It consists of:
- Australian Open
- It takes place in mid-January
- Played in hard courts.
- French Open
- It is also known as the Roland-Garros de Paris.
- It takes place in May and June.
- Played on clay court.
- Wimbledon
- It takes place in June and July.
- Played on a grass court.
- US Open
- It takes place in August and September.
- Played in hard courts.
- Australian Open
- Wimbledon is relatively older than the rest (1877), followed by the US (1881), French (1891) and the Australian (1905).
- Only Wimbledon was a major before 1924–25, when all the four became designated Grand Slam tournaments.