Wimbledon Postponed due to Covid-19 | 02 Apr 2020

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Recently, the Wimbledon championships, which were scheduled for 29^th June-12^th July, have been cancelled for the first time since World War Two (WWII) in the wake of the ongoing crisis of Covid-19.

• Wimbledon (one of the Grand Slams) had been one of the few events not to have been officially cancelled or postponed.
• Few days back, the Tokyo Olympics were also postponed.

Grand Slam Tournaments

• These are the four most important annual tennis events and each tournament is played for about two weeks.
• It consists of:
  
  • Australian Open
    
    • It takes place in mid-January
    • Played in hard courts.
  • French Open
    
    • It is also known as the Roland-Garros de Paris.
    • It takes place in May and June.
    • Played on clay court.
  • Wimbledon
    
    • It takes place in June and July.
    • Played on a grass court.
  • US Open
    
    • It takes place in August and September.
    • Played in hard courts.
• Wimbledon is relatively older than the rest (1877), followed by the US (1881), French (1891) and the Australian (1905).
• Only Wimbledon was a major before 1924–25, when all the four became designated Grand Slam tournaments.