Some of Britain’s top tennis players are avoiding election talk like double-faults at Wimbledon. Polls opened Thursday morning in the U.K.’s first national election in almost five years but Britain’s rising stars are sticking to the tennis at the All England Club. Jack Draper says he has no interest in politics.
Jack Draper of Britain celebrates after defeating Elias Ymer of Sweden in their first round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Britain’s Katie Boulter on the practice court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, Saturday June 29, 2024. The Wimbledon Championships begin on July 1.
Boulter, the top-ranked women’s singles player in Britain, has turned away a couple of election-related questions. In a pre-tournament news conference Saturday, she indicated that she was aware of the election, though she didn’t offer an opinion about it. “I don’t think there are hardly any players that really are politically inclined as much as I am or if they are, they keep their cards close to their chest,” the 30-year-old Broady told The Associated Press. “It’s not something that I see, to be honest, spoken about very often, which I guess is probably a good thing as well. The players just treat each other as players, and that’s that.”
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