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The Wimbledon Grand Slam Tournament, where the participation of Russian and Belarusian tennis players, including Daniil Medvedev, who is at the top of the men's world ranking, is banned, starts today. The All England Lawn Tennis Club in London, the capital of England, will host the matches of Wimbledon, which was held for the first time in 1877, for the 135th time. The tradition of not playing Sunday games in the middle of the two-week program will be abandoned in 2022, when the center court's 100th anniversary will be celebrated. Thus, the number of days played in the match will increase from 13 to 14.
RECORD MONEY AWARD WILL BE GIVEN
The total prize money of 2022 Wimbledon reached the highest level in the history of the organization with £ 40.35 million. Accordingly, the singles champions of the organization will win a prize money of 2 million pounds. The women's and men's singles champions were awarded £2.35m in 2019 and £1.7m last year. In the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, Swiss Roger Federer holds the record with 8 championships in men's singles and Martina Navratilova of the USA with 9 championships in women's singles.