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Virus forces Wimbledon cancellation for 1st time since WWII

by AP Tennis Writer
| April 3, 2020 12:09 AM

For the first time in its nearly century-and-a-half history, Wimbledon was canceled for a reason other than war, scrapped in 2020 on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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