This Year There’s Been A Flushing Out of Some Old Wimbledon Ways And A Ringing In of The New
Well It Is Fifty Years Since The ATP World Rankings Began In 1973
Briton Fred Perry Won Wimbledon In 1936. It’s Hard To Believe It’s Been 10 Years Since Sir Andy Murray @andymurray Became The First British Man To Win Wimbledon For 77 Years In 2013. He Beat Novak Djokovic 6-4/7-5/6-4. A Decade On From Murray’s Historical Win There Have Been A No. of Momentus Moments In 2023
We’re Starting With An Ace Refreshment
@Evian Water of France Is The Wimbledon Water Sponsor And Is Available For The Public To Purchase At Food & Drink Outlets Throughout The Grounds. And of Course The French Mineral H20 Is Readily Available To Players On Court & From Specially Appointed Locations or Personnel As Part of Their Player Provisions. The Brand Has Been One of A Number of Official Company Sponsors of @wimbledon For For Well Over A Decade. ‘Sustainability’ Was This Year’s Focus @wimbledon
Belarusian Player @Aryna_Sabalenka Posed With A Bottle of Champers After She Beat World No.1 Polish @Iga Swiatek 6-3/3-6/6-3 At The Madrid Open May 2023 mutuamadridopen.com
Djokovic Wins The Aussie Open January 2023 (With 21 Grandslams Behind Him, Bringing Him Up To 22) @australianopen
In February Djokovic Was Announced As The Male Tennis Player Who Has Spent The Most Weeks Ever As TheWorld’s No.1 Ever Since ATP Rankings Records Begun 50 Years Ago. Carlos Has Since Ascended To The No.1 Slot
Steffi Graff However Matches Djokovic As The Only Female Player With The Same No. of Weeks As The World No.1 Tennis Player.
Djokovic 377
Roger Federer 310
Graf 377
Martina Navratilova 332
Serena Williams 319
Serena Is Tied With Djokovic On The Number of Grand Slam Titles. Namely 23!
@rafaelnadal Regrettably Retired From The Australian Open 2023 With Injury In January & Declared Next Year Would Be His Last Playing Professioal Tennis
Water (H20) Is The Elixir of Life And Evian Is Encouraging Us To Drink More of It For Good Health
And As Well As Urging Us To Look After Our Bodies It Has Invested In A New Sustainability Campaign Urging Us To Look After The Enviroment By Stepping Away From Single Use Plastic In Favour of Refillable Bottles And Domestic Dispensers. “Refill. Rehydrate. Repeat” Is The Slogan Devised To Encourage Everday Behaviour Changes Amongst Players, Crowd Members, And Those On Walkabout And Out And About. And At Home They Have A New ‘5LBubble Bag’ That Inserts Into A Stylish Neat Compact Dispenser (See Above Video).
The Campaign Has Even Been Approved By The Carbon Trust For Its Carbon Neutral Credentials @carbontrust.
In Addition, As A Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Magazine We Are Impressed By The Inclusivity & Diversity of Their Advertising Campaign As D.E.I Helps Facilitate Are More Harmonious Society. We Are All Here This Planet As The Human Race And No Man (Or Woman) Is An Island @evian.
And Then There’s Refreshment of A Totally Different Kind…
Ladies And Gentlemen, Please…If You Are Opening A Bottle Of Champagne, Don’t Do It As The Players Are About To Serve
Australian Chair Umpire, John Blom, Court No.3, Day 7, Wimbledon 2023
Umpire Tells Wimbledon Champagne Crowd Not To Pop Their Corks At Critical Times On Court. Here Here. Well Said! This Was During A Third Round Match Between Two Russian Players Mirra Andreeva @mirraandreeva (16 Years Old) & Anastasia Potapova (22 Years of Age) @anapotapovaa, Day Seven of The Tournament (One Week In On The Sunday). The Crowd Laughed & Applauded!
Wimbledon.Com Have Included Blom’s 2023 Request As One of The Quotes of The Tournament.
A Previous 2018 John Blom Intervention 5 Years Ago Was Not So Well Received By The Usually Very Affable And Entertaining French Tennis Player @iamgaelmonfils After Australian Blom Reportedly Complained To The Tennis Star That He Was Playing Too Slowly Between Points After Orignally Complaining Him He Was Playing Too Quickly @Roland Garros 2018. Monfils Ultimately Lost The Match. Monfils Is Famous For Loving To Play Tennis & Entertain The Crowds With His Supreme Physical Tennis Skills Which Come Naturally To Him And He Loves Sharing.
This Year Monfils Was Back At The French Tournament Enjoying His Tennis Like His Usual Self. And Indeed Like A New Man! Husband! And Father!
He Became A Parent Recently After Marrying Fellow Tennis Player, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina @elisvitolina. By Her Own Admission That She Did Better Than She Expected At The Tournament This Year. She Then Caught A Certain Music Star’s Attention. One @Harry Styles No Less! The Former ‘One Direction’ Front Man Invited Her To Pick A New Concert Date As She Could No Longer Attend The Original Gig On The Day She’d Planned As She Was Still In The Tournament Longer Than She Anticipated.
There Was A Stunning Water Installation At Wimbledon This Year, Which Featured In Their New Carbon Neutral Sustainability Video Along With Various Players Engaging In The Company’s “Refill. Rehydrate. Repeat.” Programme Designed To Reduce Single Use Plastic. How The Water Feature Technically Chimes With The New ‘Sustainability Drive Is Not Yet Clear. But It Looked Amazing & We Look Forward To Learning More & Sharing With You. Meantime Sometimes It’s Just An Illusion @evian.
Lanson Is The Official Champagne House Sponsor of Wimbledon & Has Been Serving Up The Bubbly For Over A Decade @champagnelanson
Djokovic Wins @Roland Garros June 2023 (He Now Has 23 Grandslams To His Name). He Came Prepared, Like The Sporting Superhero That He Is @djokernole
After His Defeat At Wimbledon By Carlos Alcarazz, Who Is Now Ranked No.1, Djokovic Was Typically Resilient And Said He Was Moving On To Preparation For The Us Open (Which Begins Monday August 28 2023 With The Final On Sunday September 10 2023). Below: Novak @djokernole With One of His Many Famous Friends @david beckham At Wimbledon 2023
After @rogerfederer Announced His Retirement Last Year Gael Posted On @iamgaelmonfils “It Was An Honour & A Privilege To Play In The Same Era of You”
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