68 h. ago Woman queues for Wimbledon to see if it's 'worth it' but is floored by reality

A woman shared a video of herself at the Wimbledon queue to show people what it's like, but she said there's one thing people need to know about trying to get tickets

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2 d. ago 'I queued for Wimbledon to see if it was worth it and reality left me floored'

A woman queued for Wimbledon in a bid to see if the experience was "worth it", but the reality left her floored when she came to make a pretty big sporting discovery

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3 d. ago Look at Wimbledon without human line judges and tell me this: do you really want life to be perfect? | Hugh Muir

They say say tech instead of people on court is progress, and perhaps it is. But society has hard calls to make: sometimes perfect is not worth havingIt’s the perfect Wimbledon. The sun is out, the Brits are firing and as for the scoring, that too will be somewhat perfect, this being the first Wimbledon since the tournament told the line judges, long the arbiters of accuracy, that after 148 years, their services will no longer be required.Arguments, unpredictability and, as the cameras zoom in to the line judge whose eyesight judgment prompts a participant explosion, buttock-clenching awkwardness in close-up: goodbye to all that. Hello, AI and sharp-eyed robots, analysing in real time 18 lots of footage.Hugh Muir is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wimbledon star is heir to £200million fortune thanks to rich dad who also owns football club

Arthur Fery stunned the tennis world by beating Alexei Popyrin in the first round at Wimbledon, and the Brit has family ties to the world of football, with his father owning a Ligue 1 club

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3 w. ago ‘Boultercanu’ serve doubles delight as women’s tennis returns to Queen’s

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter’s infectious chemistry sparked a day of both jubilation and frustration at Queen’sMoments before Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter walked on to court one to add a touch of pizzazz to a historic day at Queen’s Club, a lady carrying an empty Pimm’s jug went to go for a refill. “I’m sorry but if you leave, we won’t be able to let you straight back in,” she was told by a steward. “You will have to queue.”The woman thought for a moment, looked at the packed stands, and returned to her seat. It turned out to be a wise decision. And not just because the queue to see the British pair – or “Boultercanu” as the press had already anointed them – was snaking halfway around Queen’s Club. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Boultercanu’ serve doubles delight as women’s tennis returns to Queen’s Club

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter displayed an infectious chemistry on a historic day at the west London clubMoments before Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter walked on to court one to add a touch of pizzazz to a historic day at Queen’s Club, a woman carrying an empty Pimm’s jug went to go for a refill. “I’m sorry but if you leave, we won’t be able to let you straight back in,” she was told by a steward. “You will have to queue.”The woman thought for a moment, looked at the packed stands, and returned to her seat. It turned out to be a wise decision. And not just because the queue to see the British pair – or “Boultercanu” as the press had already anointed them – was snaking halfway around Queen’s Club. Continue reading...

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