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The 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer was honored at this year’s Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club in London, England. The tennis tournament started on July 3, and at a special ceremony the next day, a long ovation awaited the Swiss pro tennis player acknowledging his iconic achievements. The patron of the All England Tennis Club, the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, accompanied Federer in the Royal Box in front of 15,000 fans on Centre Court. Federer’s wife, Mirka Federer, along with his parents, his coach and his agent were also present at the event. This was ...
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Three-time Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker has opened up about his time in prison in the U.K. “Whoever says that prison life isn’t hard and isn’t difficult, I think is lying,” Becker told the BBC, reflecting on the eight months he has served of the two-and-a-half-year-long sentence he received for hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans in a bankruptcy fraud case. “It was a very brutal … a very, very different experience to what you see in the movies, what you’ve heard from stories,” the six-time Grand Slam singles champion recalled, after previously having referred to his imprisonment a...
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Former tennis champion Boris Becker spoke in an interview for the first time after he went to prison for bankruptcy offenses, calling it the “worst time of my life.” “It was the loneliest moment I’ve ever had in life,” he told the German television station Sat 1 on Tuesday. IN MEMORIAM 2022: 100 GREAT CELEBRITIES WHO DIED THIS YEAR! The 55-year-old was sentenced to 30 months in prison for hiding assets and illicitly transferring large sums of money after he declared bankruptcy in 2017. The German athlete was released early after serving only eight months of his sentence. He recalled his time i...
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Federer was world number one for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
KOMPAS.com \- Tennis great Roger Federer on Thursday, Sept. 15, announced his retirement from professional tennis. The upcoming Laver Cup, which will take place over three days, concluding on September 25, will be his last ever tournament on the ATP tour. “I have played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years. Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt, and now I must recognize when it’s time to end my competitive career,” Federer said in a message posted on social media. The 41-year-old Swiss national -- who has won 20 Grand Slam titles -- added that he intends to keep ...
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Paris (AFP) - Althea Gibson's journey from poverty to becoming the first black person to win Wimbledon is the fulfilment of the American Dream but she remains shamefully unknown, the English playwright and actor who is playing her on stage told AFP. Kemi-Bo Jacobs has tried to rectify that by writing and starring in a play, "All White Everything But Me", which is presently on at the Alphabetti Theatre in Newcastle, northeast England. Jacobs has eschewed the rigid biographical route, preferring to highlight Gibson's struggles, the barriers she faced and her extraordinary success. Her victories ...
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Novak Djokovic, who has recently made headlines for his off-the-court antics has now made more off-court noise: he’s called Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players “crazy” and added that he does not support it. “I will never support war because as a child of war I know how much emotional trauma it inflicts,” said the men’s world No. 1, who grew up in Serbia during the war in the ‘90s. “But I cannot support Wimbledon’s decision. It is crazy.” The ban impacts many top players: Russia men’s No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and No. 8 Andrey Rublev and women’s No. 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkov...
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Wimbledon this year will ban Russian athletes due to the Ukraine invasion. Such a ban would see world Nos. 2 Daniil Medvedev and 8 Andrey Rublev, and women’s 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, unable to compete. There are conflicting reports as to whether the ban will extend to Belarusian players. Belarus, of course, has acted as an ally during Russia’s antics. Aryna Sabalenka is ranked No. 4 and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is 18th. Players from the two countries will be allowed to compete as neutral athletes at the French Open, beginning May 22.
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