by The 138th Wimbledon championships begin on Monday, where 256 men and women – attracted in their hooks earlier this morning – will compete for $ 4.1 million in equal prices.
Tennis All England Lawn and the croquet club from above. (Images Julian Finney / Getty)
Tennis All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which has hosted Wimbledon since the inaugural event in 1877, includes 18 match courts and 20 additional courts. But the tournament also relies on 34 qualification courts and 16 additional training courts in two nearby sites.
A classic Wimbledon bouquet. (Images Adam Davy / PA via Getty Images)
It is not easy to cultivate and maintain the grass at 88 of these shorts – nor to integrate and flower the 28,000 plants that make this tournament as beautiful as it is spilled. It takes a team of 20 to make sure that “day 14 [looks] Also good on the first day, “said the chief gardener at Athletic ($).
Alcaraz during a training session this week. (Images Clive Brunskill / Getty)
On the men’s side, the question will be whether someone can stop the double reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz, who won 18 consecutive games.
Eyes on Aryna’s price. (Images Adam Davy / PA via Getty Images)
And on the female side, the n ° 1 Aryna Sabalenka will try to danger the only major in which she has never reached the final. She finished as a finalist in each of the first two majors of this year.
Here is everything you need to know about this year’s tournament.
