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The Wimbledon Championships
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The Sporting Almanac Podcast by Jack Senior and Ben Davies

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Episode 13: The Wimbledon Championships - The Noble Pursuit of Immortality

Tennis is a game like no other. With origins in palaces and prisons alike, brought together by good marketing and better timing and allowing women earlier participation than Victorian Britain was famed for, it took only three years from the game being invented for a South-West London croquet club to stake their future on it - and 148 years later, that future is stronger than they could ever have imagined.

Wimbledon creates superstars, gives them a stage worthy of legends and a crowd that embraces greatness - no matter the flag. From Borg to Federer, Navratilova to Williams, McEnroe, Graf and more, ... 

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SportSports HistoryTennisWimbledonThe Wimbledon ChampionshipsFedererNadalMurrayDjokovicSerenaVenusSue Barker