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GUADALAJARA, MEXICO – NOVEMBER 17: WTA Legend Ambassador Martina Navratilova cries as she listens to Katerina Siniakova of and Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic after defeating Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei and Elise Mertens of Belgium in the Women’s Doubles final match during Day 8 of 2021 Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara at Centro Panamericano de Tenis on November 17, 2021 in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images for WTA)

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GUADALAJARA, MEXICO – NOVEMBER 17: WTA Legend Ambassador Martina Navratilova cries as she listens to Katerina Siniakova of and Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic after defeating Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei and Elise Mertens of Belgium in the Women’s Doubles final match during Day 8 of 2021 Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara at Centro Panamericano de Tenis on November 17, 2021 in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images for WTA)
The Wimbledon Championship is like a festival for tennis fans. The biggest event of grass tests the agility and adaptability of each and every player. As it is a tournament held on the fastest surface. And it takes place just a few weeks after the Grand Slam on the slowest surface, the French Open.
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With the championship in its initial phase, the world-renowned tennis veteran Martina Navratilova shared a clip of a special creation dedicated to the event.
Martina Navratilova about the Wimbledon’s miniature
Navratilova took on Twitter to share a clip encompassing the process of forging the wooden miniature of the Centre court. And taken by the beauty and impressed by the efforts, she wrote, “Amazing.” She currently works as a commentator for BBC at Wimbledon.
Amazing:) https://t.co/3k5IL93gD0
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) June 28, 2022
However, Czech-American’s connection with the tournaments dates back to her playing days. She has won 9 out of her 18 Grand Slam titles in the grass courts of Wimbledon. And six of them came in consecutive years. Further, the former World no.1 has had 12 appearance in the finals of the event.
In addition, Navratilova in 1991 became the first female player to win 100 matches in the grass courts of Wimbledon. Speaking of which, Serena Williams, the 23 times Grand Slam champion is just two victories away from sharing the milestone with her. Williams already has a record of 100 victories in the hard courts of the US Open.
What does the Wimbledon Championships carry?
The Wimbledon championships commenced this week with the expectation of several players. While the defending champion Novak Djokovic and will look forward to securing another consecutive win. Rafael Nadal, who is just two steps away from a achieving calender Grand Slam, will be keen too.
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Entities such as Serena Williams and Andy Murray will try to leave an impact by clinching the title. Whereas players riding high on form such as Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek will aim for their first Wimbledon trophy.
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Further, there are also players who will try to turn the year around with this tournament. Like the Romanian tennis ace and former World No.1 Simona Halep, who hasn’t claimed any WTA title this season. Thus will try to mend her record with her third Grand Slam victory.
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