In 2020, the Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis Tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The main council of the All-English club made a decision on Wednesday, April 1, according to Interfax.
“Championship 2020 will be canceled due to public health problems associated with the coronavirus epidemic. We think about the health and safety of all those who come together to host Wimbledon – an audience in the UK and visitors from all over the world, our players, guests, participants, employees, volunteers, partners, contractors and local residents, ” Interfax statement by the organizers.
The next 134th championship will be held from June 28 to July 11, 2021. Wimbledon was interrupted during the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945. The championship was founded in 1877, in 2004, Russian Maria Sharapova won it.
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Eurovision was also canceled Eurovision -2020 due to coronavirus
This was reported on the official page of the contest on Twitter
“> canceled due to coronavirus. Russian Football Union The Russian Football Union suspended all competitions until May 31
The measure does not apply to online tournaments
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