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Wimbledon elegant in everything: from the costumes of athletes to hats of the audience, June 30, 2015

On June 29, one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments began in London - Wimbledon. Wimbledon is not a couple of the other “Big Slam” tournaments (4 main competitions in the tennis world). Its story has been going on for 138 years - this is the oldest and conservative competition. Athletes should act only in white clothes, “Miss” or “Mrs.” turn to female players during the matches, and men are named for men. One of the attractions of Wimbledon is the guard hawk of Rufus, which has been guarding the courts from pigeons for a decade and a half. Since this year, fans were forbidden to use electronic devices, including mobile phones, tablets and cameras. The violators will be kicked with cancellation of the ticket. Such measures allow athletes to be less distracted and annoyed, and the audience is deprived of the opportunity to make illegal videos. This year, Russia is represented by 11 athletes: 9 women and 2 men. Favorites among women are recognized by American Seren Williams and Czech Peter Kvitov. Among the men, the main applicants for the title are British Andy Murray and Serb Novak Djokovic. It is noteworthy that at the start from the struggle, the third racket of the world Simon Halep, who lost in three sets of the 106th racket, Yana Chepelova, dropped out. Wimbledon is very popular. According to the official website of the tournament, last year 491 thousand people visited it for 13 days. According to the BBC, last year's final of a single male category was watched by 10 million people, and the female single final-3.1 million.

Serena Williams won the tournament in a solitary category five times, June 29, 2015

Roger Federer during a match with Damir Dzhumkhur, June 30, 2015

Tennis is a very emotional sport. In the picture: Elias Imer, June 30, 2015

Ex-first racket of the world Llatyon Hughitt during the last match in a career at the London tournament. In the first round, he lost Yarkko Nyeminen, June 29, 2015

Fan of Andy Marrey, June 30, 2015

The head is the ball. So expresses his love for tennis fan, June 29, 2015

Maria Sharapova is the only representative of Russia who continues the struggle in the tournament, July 1, 2015

Serb Novak Djokovic - the main applicant for the title, June 29, 2015

Philip Kolshraiber pays tribute to the skill of the opponent, June 29, 2015

Hawk Rufus - Cortov defender, June 23, 2015
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