Wimbledon will be no exception. Like many sports competitions, the London Grand Slam tournament will be canceled. This is what Dirk Hordorff, the vice-president of the German tennis federation announces: “The tournaments on grass have already decided not to play. They await the announcement of Wimbledon on Wednesday. These are not rumors: they will announce the cancellation, "he said bluntly in an interview with L'Équipe. He also said that a simple postponement was not possible. "We can possibly play Roland-Garros in September or October, but not Wimbledon, because of the grass which would be too wet".
Hordoff took advantage of this interview with the French sports daily to ignite the French federation and its president Bernard Giudicelli. "Their way of announcing it (the postponement of Roland-Garos, note), the lack of qualification, the dates ... It doesn't work like that!" If we start operating like this, tennis is dead, ”said the German.
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