…of all Wimbledon’s more-iconic quirks and traditions””the tennis whites, strawberries and umbrellas””there’s one that receives slightly less recognition but deserves a lot more: Second Monday, the most gluttonously glorious day in tennis.
After a day of rest on middle Sunday (another Wimbledon eccentricity), all 32 men and women remaining in the singles draws clamber back to the lawns, anxious and refreshed, to fight for a spot in the quarterfinals. No other major tournament trots out everyone at once.
Read it all but before you do, guess the answer to this question–in what year did this tradition start?.
(WSJ) Wimbledon–The Day Half the Field Goes Home
…of all Wimbledon’s more-iconic quirks and traditions””the tennis whites, strawberries and umbrellas””there’s one that receives slightly less recognition but deserves a lot more: Second Monday, the most gluttonously glorious day in tennis.
After a day of rest on middle Sunday (another Wimbledon eccentricity), all 32 men and women remaining in the singles draws clamber back to the lawns, anxious and refreshed, to fight for a spot in the quarterfinals. No other major tournament trots out everyone at once.
Read it all but before you do, guess the answer to this question–in what year did this tradition start?.