Wimbledon Canceled for the First Time Since WWII Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The All England Club has canceled the 134th Wimbledon Championships due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The event, originally scheduled to run from June 29 to July 12, 2020, will not be held until June 28, 2021. This is the first time this elite tennis tournament has been canceled since WWII.
Many sporting events, concerts, and festivals have been called off due to the coronavirus crisis, but most of the cancellations so far have applied to experiences scheduled relatively soon. The Wimbledon stoppage may seem a bit premature given this tournament's starting date near the end of June.
The organizers made it clear that preparations for this summer's Wimbledon Championships would normally have started in April. The U.K. has been under lockdown orders since March 24, making it impossible to train ballboys, start preparing the grass courts, and so on. The All England Club considered moving the Championships to a later date in 2020, perhaps replacing the canceled Summer Olympics in July and August on the international sporting events calendar, but settled on this solution instead.
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