The 3rd Grand Slam has started
Posted on June 23, 2008
Filed Under WTA, ATP
The oldest tennis championship in the world WIMBLEDON has started today (June 23, 2008) and will ends in July 6, 2008.
Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and it is the only one where tennis players played on grass courts.
Wimbledon is the third Grand Slam tournament played each year:
- 1st Australian Open (Melbourne) - hard tennis courts
- 2nd French Open (Roland Garros) - clay tennis courts
- 3rd England Open (Wimbledon) - grass tennis courts
- 4th US Open (Flushing)) - hard tennis courts
The first major tennis event at Wimbledon was held in 1877 with men single players.
Wimbledon includes five main events, four junior events and four invitation events.
Among these events the most popular are men’s singles (128 player draw)
and womens’ singles (128 draw).
The Wimbledon dress code requires that sport players to wear “almost entirely white” clothing during matches.
For the spectators, strawberries and cream is the traditional snack at Wimbledon. Approximately 28 tons of strawberries and 7 tons of cream are sold each year during the event.
At the beginning of the tournament (23 June, 2008) the following 5 gentlemen are favorites in singles:
- Roger Federer (SUI)
- Rafael Nadal (ESP)
- Novak Djokovic (SRB)
- Andy Roddick (USA)
- Andy Murray (GRB)
At the beginning of the tournament (23 June, 2008) the following 5 ladies are favorites in singles:
- Maria Sharapova (RUS)
- Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
- Williams Serena (USA)
- illiams Venus (USA)
- Jelena Jancovic (SRB)
At Wimbledon the singles’ winners will earn approximative US$ 1.5 millions each (man/woman) at the end of the tournament.
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