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Wimbledon Enters Quarterfinals as Club Trials Heat-Resistant Grass

Amazon Prime holds exclusive live rights with fully electronic line-calling under a record £53.5 million prize fund.

Wächter über die Qualität der Plätze: Neil Stubley
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Overview

  • Quarterfinal matches on July 8–9 feature 37-year-old Laura Siegemund facing top seed Aryna Sabalenka after her upset of Solana Sierra.
  • Hawk-Eye Live has replaced line judges on all 18 courts, marking Wimbledon’s first fully electronic line-calling Grand Slam.
  • Amazon Prime Video is offering around 350 hours of live coverage, ending free-to-air broadcasts for the tournament.
  • The All England Club has raised the singles prize pool to £53.5 million, split equally between men’s and women’s draws.
  • Under sustained 32 °C heat and drought, organisers and the Sports Turf Research Institute are testing tougher grass varieties from Australia and elsewhere.