British English Holidays Wimbledon
hi everyone I’m Gina Wimbledon is the
most famous tennis tournament in the
world it takes place every June in the
suburb of London that is also called
Wimbledon in this lesson you’re going to
learn about why Wimbledon is so famous
and prestigious how long was the longest
ever match held at Wimbledon and how
many matches were played we’ll show you
the answer at the end of this video the
championships Wimbledon to give it its
full title is the oldest tennis
tournament in the world and one of the
four Grand Slam tournaments that make up
the yearly tennis calendar of these four
majors Wimbledon is the only one still
played on a grass court as is
traditional Wimbledon is the unique
feature of the tennis calendar and is
different to the other Grand Slams all
players must adhere to a strict dress
code and wear only white there are no
advertising hoardings around the court
so it’s more traditional and less
commercialized than other tournaments
Wimbledon is also celebrated by the
spectators in the unique fashion it is
during the English summer time when in
theory at least there will be warm and
sunny it means that tennis fans can
watch the tennis and also eat the
popular English summer delicacy
strawberries and cream there is usually
a royal presence at Wimbledon too as a
member of the royal family will be
present at some games of the tournament
Wimbledon’s most famous court is Centre
Court and this is only used during the
two weeks of Wimbledon it was fitted
with a retractable roof in 2009 so that
rain and hot weather won’t affect play
and now I’ll give you the answer to the
earlier quiz how long was the longest
ever match held at Wimbledon and how
many matches were played it was a
marathon of a match that lasted for five
hours and 12 minutes
and 112 games were played win or lose
the competitors must have needed a long
soak to ease their muscles after they’d
finished how is this lesson did you
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