Roger Federer can be celebrated at Wimbledon. A pregnant Serena Williams declined an invite
WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer can be again on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Tuesday. No, to not compete: He’ll be feted for his record-setting profession on the grass-court Grand Slam match.
Federer, who introduced his retirement final yr, received eight of his 20 Grand Slam singles championships on the All England Club, probably the most ever by a person – a mark that Novak Djokovic will attempt to equal this yr.
Martina Navratilova set the general normal by claiming 9 girls’s singles titles at Wimbledon.
“Pleased to say that Roger will be with us tomorrow, and we will have a special celebratory moment on Centre Court before play starts, just to honor him as the man holding the most Gentleman’s Singles titles here at Wimbledon,” All England Club chairman Sally Bolton mentioned Monday, the primary day of motion on the two-week occasion.
“We’ll have a moment just to celebrate his achievements and to say thank you, I think, for us, certainly, for all the memories,” Bolton mentioned.
She mentioned that Serena Williams, who received seven of her 23 main singles trophies at Wimbledon, was invited, too, “but … she’s pregnant, so understandably couldn’t travel.”
Williams additionally retired after final season.
“(We) of course wish her lots of luck with the remainder of her pregnancy and we hope maybe we might see her next year,” Bolton mentioned.
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