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Wimbledon Championship is the name of the Grand Slam Tennis tournament played on grass courts. The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid-January, the French Open (also known as Roland Garros) from around late May to early June, Wimbledon in June–July, and the US Open in August–September. Each tournament is played over a two-week period. The Australian and the United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on the grass. Wimbledon is the oldest, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905.

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United Kingdom houses the “O2 Arena Tennis Stadium”. The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of the O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom.

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France houses the “AccorHotels Arena Tennis Stadium”. AccorArena is an indoor sports arena and concert hall located in the neighbourhood of Bercy, on boulevard de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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The United Kingdom houses the headquarters of the “Association of Tennis Professionals”. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men’s professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization’s name. It is the governing body of men’s professional tennis.

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Kathleen McKane Godfree and Venus Williams are the all-time record holders for the most number of Olympic medals in tennis.

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The “Uber Cup” is Badminton competition. The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women’s national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three-year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled times and venues were merged with those of Thomas Cup, the world men’s team championship.

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Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player. Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player. He became the best men’s singles badminton player in the world in April 2018.

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P.V.Sindhu is an Indian badminton player. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player. Having made her international debut in 2009, she rose to a career-high ranking of no. 2 in April 2017. Over the course of her career, P. V. Sindhu has won medals at multiple tournaments including Olympics and on the BWF circuit including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the first Indian woman to earn an Olympic Silver medal.

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B.Sai Praneeth is an Indian badminton player. B. Sai Praneeth is an Indian badminton player. He became the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to win a bronze medal in the BWF World Championships in 2019 after Prakash Padukone in 1983.

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Gao Ling is the all-time leader for the most Olympic medals in badminton. Gao Ling is a Chinese former badminton player. Gao Ling is the all-time leader for the most Olympic medals in badminton, with two gold, one silver, and one bronze.