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Wimbledon

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Wimbledon

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Tennis champion Martina Navratilova. Born in Prague in 1956, Navratilova later moved to the USA. By the time of her retirement in 1994, she had won 167 women's singles titles, including a record 9 at Wimbledon. Navratilova undoubtedly ranks among the greatest female tennis players of all time.
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Tennis star Venus Williams. Born in 1980, Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in 2000. She reclaimed her title in 2001, and with her sister, Serena, has brought women's tennis to a new peak of power and skill.

English lawn tennis centre used for international championship matches, situated in south London. There are currently 18 courts.



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Afterwards he found that the vague feeling of alarm had spread to the clients of the underground railway, and that the Sunday excursionists began to return from all over the South-Western "lung"--Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth--at unnaturally early hours; but not a soul had anything more than vague hearsay to tell of.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
`As the hush of evening crept over the world and we proceeded over the hill crest towards Wimbledon, Weena grew tired and wanted to return to the house of grey stone.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Flambeau had been missed at Harwich; and if he was in London at all, he might be anything from a tall tramp on Wimbledon Common to a tall toast-master at the Hotel Metropole.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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