{"id":70185,"date":"2026-06-27T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/06\/27\/from-centre-court-to-central-park\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:57:00","slug":"from-centre-court-to-central-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/06\/27\/from-centre-court-to-central-park\/","title":{"rendered":"From Centre Court to Central Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The manicured lawns of Wimbledon came to the heart of Manhattan on Friday when former Grand Slam champions and fan favourites including Andre Agassi and Caroline Wozniacki took to a temporary pop-up grasscourt erected in New York&#8217;s Central Park.       Agassi and Wozniacki were joined by former U.S. player James Blake and Canadian former world number five Eugenie Bouchard for a series of exhibition matches designed to bring a taste of southwest London to New York ahead of the Grand Slam\u2019s start on Monday.       The quartet played singles exhibitions before teaming up for mixed doubles on a Wimbledon-style court installed at Wollman Rink at the southern end of Central Park, against a backdrop of trees and Manhattan skyscrapers.       \u201cIt was an amazing experience,\u201d Wozniacki said. \u201cPlaying on a grasscourt in the middle of Central Park doesn\u2019t happen every day. To be part of this amazing event was something that I won\u2019t forget.\u201d       The head agronomist at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Mark Ferguson, overs<br \/>aw the court, and the grass was specially grown in neighbouring New Jersey for the pop-up installation.       \u201cI think it\u2019s a fantastic kind of juxtaposition of Wimbledon and New York together,\u201d Ferguson said.       The exhibition also provided an opportunity for the former players to discuss the return of 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, who is set to make a surprise comeback at Wimbledon after four years away from singles competition.       \u201cI\u2019m very excited to see her back,\u201d Wozniacki said.       \u201cIt\u2019s always great to see some of the best players ever come back and play. I\u2019ll be watching, I\u2019ll be supporting and it will be great.\u201d       Asked whether she might consider another comeback of her own, Wozniacki smiled and replied: \u201cI don\u2019t know. That\u2019s a good question.\u201d       Bouchard said Williams faced a daunting challenge by returning directly at Wimbledon without a warm-up event.       \u201cI think it\u2019s bonkers &#8211; in a good way,\u201d Bouchard said.       \u201cThe fact that she hasn\u2019t played a singles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The manicured lawns of Wimbledon came to the heart of Manhattan on Friday when former Grand Slam champions and fan favourites including Andre Agassi and Caroline Wozniacki took to a temporary pop-up grasscourt erected in New York&#8217;s Central Park. 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