This archive report was first published on 10 July 2021.
England's soccer team has been dominating the British sports pages, even when the team won its semifinal on the same day that eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer lost in what many believed could be his final match on the fabled grass court on July 10, 2021.
According to Stuart Fraser, a tennis correspondent for The Times of London, Federer's loss would normally take center stage, but it was barely mentioned in the British press. "Normally Federer losing like that, and the drama surrounding that in terms of was it his last match or not here, that would normally take the photo," Fraser said. "It didn’t. It was a tiny little bit at the top of the page."
Meanwhile, veteran Italian reporter Ubaldo Scanagatta has been mapping the quickest routes to ride his scooter from Wimbledon to Wembley if the men's final on Sunday finishes early enough.
Fraser believes that the All England Club should consider showing the soccer final on the large screen behind No. 1 Court, a picnic area often called Henman Hill or Murray Mound, so long as the men's final finishes well beforehand, as expected.
"It's huge here, what's happening Sunday," Fraser said. "I think if the tennis is done by 8 o'clock, they should be putting it on, on The Hill, because it's not easy at the moment, with the way the rules are at this country, to just rock up at a pub and stand shoulder-to-shoulder and watch the football. I think it would be quite a good gesture from the Club."
