McEnroe to take on Bjorn Borg in Wimbledon? If media reports are to be believed McEnroe asked the All-England Club if he could play against Borg after the Saturday matches are over. But his request was turned down. The All-England Club cannot bend its rules for anyone, however great he may be.
So, there is no clash of the titans of yesteryears. The show must go on as scheduled. It is a very important day for fans and tennis lovers across the world as well as the All-England Club as the Wimbledon Women’s Singles final will be held Saturday on Centre Court.
Czech sensation Marketa Vondrousova will take on Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur. The Tunisian became the first African to sail into the final of the Wimbledon Women’s Singles last year. But she was defeated by Elena Rybakina who crushed her dreams.
Now Ons can be remembered as the first African to win a Grand Slam tournament. Following her surgery that forced her to watch the tennis tournaments from the sidelines for six months, Vondrousova was a tourist in London when Ons Jabeur was playing the Wimbledon final last year. She lost the French Open final last year and Ons lost the U.S.
Open after the Wimbledon final. In Boy’s single semifinal British player Henry Searle will meet Cooper Williams of the U.S.A. In Girl’s Single’s semifinal, Renata Jamrichova will play against Clervie Ngounoue.
In another Girl’s Singles Semifinal Alina Korneeva will play Nikola Bartunkova. BBC One and iPlayer will broadcast Wimbledon matches. BBC Two and iPlayer will show the highlights.
ESPN will show the matches in the U.S.A. The winners of the men’s and women’s singles champions will each get GBP 2.35 million and the runners-up will receive GBP 1.175 million. All the winners of the first
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