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

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