The Wimbledon tournament is wary of the lifting of restrictions in the United Kingdom that would allow the prestigious and legendary tennis championship to be played normally in June. According to the British Government's roadmap, there may be up to 10,000 people in football stadiums from 17 May, while normality would return, not before June 21, a week before the third Grand Slam of the year starts.
Despite this, Wimbledon continues to explore options to play the tournament in all possible scenarios. “We are happy to hear today's announcements and we look forward to continuing to work with the Government and with the rest of the sports with the ambition that spectators return to our events in the summer“Wimbledon said in a statement.
“We continue working to develop the tournament in the different scenarios, with full capacity, reduced or behind closed doors, so that we can act quickly and be flexible depending on how the situation changes. “ “Although the vaccination process is very hopeful, we believe that we must be cautious at this time,” he added.
Right now, almost 18 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine in the UK. Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam that had to be called off last season, which was its first cancellation since World War II.