El tournament of Wimbledon I lived this sunday su ltimo ‘Middle Sunday’, the day that marks the Ecuador of the event and what does the break for the grass, the players and, above all, for the residents of the neighborhood where it is played. From 2022, Wimbledon will become a 14 day tournament game, approaching the rest of the Grand Slams, and breaking with a tradition of almost 30 years.
It was in 1982 when it was decided to adopt the ‘Middle Sunday’, because the finals were moved from Saturday to Sunday. The decision to change the day of these finals triggered neighborhood protests of the Merton neighborhood, que pedan at least one day to rest from the movement of people through its streets. Wimbledon awarded the first Sunday in July, which marks the halfway point of the tournament.
In this way, playing was stopped in the middle of the event, also taking advantage of the greening of the tracks and give birth to ‘Manic Monday’, on Monday in which all the round of 16 are disputed. In fact, it was used to keep the women’s individual final on Saturday and so everything was better square.
Slo four times in history this tradition had to be broken, in 1991, 1997, 2004 and 2016, due to the rain. The years in which time has wreaked havoc on the order of play, the organization has had no choice but to open its doors on Sunday, with ultra-competitive prices that created a unique atmosphere.
This Sunday, however, Wimbledon put the padlock on its gates and only people from the organization, workers and players who came to train, populated the corridors of the All England Club. An image of loneliness that will not be repeated again in the tournament, since from next year, Wimbledon will also be played on central Sunday.
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