• Friday, April 26, 2024

Wimbledon

Williams sisters happy as women given centre stage

Serena and Venus Williams

By: Sarwar Alam

Venus Williams said she was ‘overjoyed’ that Wimbledon organisers gave women the spotlight on the tournament’s main showcourts on Wednesday (4). Five of the seven matches on Centre Court and Court One on day three were women’s singles, although one of them was a late change after the Centre Court programme ended early. It did not escape the attention of five-time champion Williams, who beat Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru on Court One to move into the third round. “I was really overjoyed when I saw the schedule for today. We have a lot of equal play on the main courts in the…

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