WIMBLEDON, England — Elizabeth Wright, a lawyer from Stratford-upon-Avon, was enjoying her fourth day at Wimbledon on Friday as she watched the first men’s semifinal on a large screen. A strawberry floated in her glass of prosecco.
“I really enjoyed the reduced capacity,” Wright said of the limited attendance because of Covid-19 protocols, “because you could walk around freely and it just didn’t feel as claustrophobic — and the atmosphere was just as good as it always is.”
But for Wright, and millions of others across England, the Wimbledon men’s final won’t be the most important sporting event happening around London on Sunday, not with England having the chance to win its first major international soccer championship in the final of the European Championships against Italy at Wembley Stadium.