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Its bigoted ban of all players from Russia and Belarus caused the humiliating stripping of all ranking points for Wimbledon by the international tennis associations.
[[Image:Wimbledon Common.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wimbledon Common]]
[[Image:Wimbledon Common.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wimbledon Common]]
'''Wimbledon''' is a suburb of south-west [[London]], in the London Borough of Merton. It is famous for the annual [[Wimbledon (Grand Slam Event)|tennis tournament]] held at the All England Tennis and Croquet Club known simply as 'Wimbledon', considered the greatest of the four '[[Grand Slam]]' events in the tennis calendar (along with the Australian, French and US Open tournaments).<ref>http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/index.html</ref>
'''Wimbledon''' is a suburb of south-west [[London]], in the London Borough of Merton. It is famous for the annual [[Wimbledon (Grand Slam Event)|tennis tournament]] held at the All England Tennis and Croquet Club known simply as 'Wimbledon', considered the greatest of the four '[[Grand Slam]]' events in the tennis calendar (along with the Australian, French and US Open tournaments).<ref>http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/index.html</ref>
Its bigoted ban of all players from [[Russia]] and [[Belarus]] caused the humiliating stripping of all ranking points for Wimbledon by the international tennis associations.
Wimbledon Common is a large area of open space close to the town. Sir Robert Baden Powell wrote ''Scouting for Boys'' in the windmill on the common; but it is now better known as the setting of the children's TV animation ''[[The Wombles]]''.<ref>http://www.thescoutingpages.org.uk/wimbledom.html</ref>
Wimbledon Common is a large area of open space close to the town. Sir Robert Baden Powell wrote ''Scouting for Boys'' in the windmill on the common; but it is now better known as the setting of the children's TV animation ''[[The Wombles]]''.<ref>http://www.thescoutingpages.org.uk/wimbledom.html</ref>