{"id":13360,"date":"2019-07-04T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=13360"},"modified":"2019-07-04T14:52:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:52:53","slug":"wimbledon-2019-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2019\/07\/wimbledon-2019-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon 2019 is Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wimbledon-Starts-1024x444.png\" alt=\"Wimbledon has arrived -- Speedyreg\" class=\"wp-image-13361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wimbledon-Starts-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wimbledon-Starts-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wimbledon-Starts-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wimbledon-Starts-1200x520.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Wimbledon-Starts.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Wimbledon has arrived &#8212; Speedyreg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You know summer has truly arrived when it\u2019s time for\nWimbledon! It\u2019s the oldest and most famous tennis tournament in the world and\nit\u2019s watched all over the globe. The matches start at 11:00am on the outdoor\ncourts and 1:00pm on Centre Court and Court One.&nbsp; There is lots of live coverage on the BBC\nevery day. The coverage is on BBC 1, BBC 2 and via the BBC Red Button so you\ncan pretty much watch tennis all day for the next two weeks. So stock up on\nstrawberries and cream and enjoy the matches! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Massive prizes up for grabs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prize money has increased again this year with an\noverall prize pot of \u00a338 million. Just taking part in the first round of the\nsingles matches would earn you a cool \u00a345,000! We wonder what they\u2019ll all spend\ntheir prize money on? A new private plate perhaps? Just in case, we\u2019ve picked\nout some good ones for them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perfect plates for Wimbledon players and fans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what would the Wimbledon stars like on their cars? I\u2019m sure they\u2019d all be pleased with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/TEN-11S\">TEN 11S<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/TEN-15\">TEN 15<\/a>. We\u2019ve got loads of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/search\/ACE\">ACE plates<\/a> which would also be super, and with prices starting at just \u00a3495 for an ACE plate, you don\u2019t have to be a Wimbledon winner to afford one. Our selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/search\/ACE\">ACE plates<\/a> includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/6-ACE\">6 ACE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/97-ACE\">97 ACE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/ACE-1D\">ACE 1D<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/ACE-1X\">ACE 1X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/A18-ACE\">A18 ACE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/BC04-ACE\">BC04 ACE<\/a>. Any members of the Association of Tennis Professionals might fancy an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/search\/ATP\">ATP<\/a> plate such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/33-ATP\">33 ATP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/53-ATP\">53 ATP<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/number-plates-info\/168-ATP\">168 ATP<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wimbledon \u2013 the fun facts <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wimbledon is the only Gland Slam to be played on\na grass court. <\/li><li>The grass is 100% perennial ryegrass.<\/li><li>Over the course of the tournament, 54,250 balls\nare used and they\u2019re stored in the fridge!<\/li><li>Wimbledon was first televised in 1937, for those\nfew households lucky enough to own a TV set. <\/li><li>Around 140,000 servings of strawberries and\ncream and enjoyed during the tournament.<\/li><li>The loudest Wimbledon grunt was let out by Maria\nSharapova in 2009 hitting 105 decibels. <\/li><li>The longest ever Wimbledon match lasted 11 hours\nand five minutes between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. The match took three\ndays to play out. <\/li><li>White balls used to be the rule at Wimbledon,\nbut they were changed to yellow to make them easier to see on the TV. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know summer has truly arrived when it\u2019s time for Wimbledon! It\u2019s the oldest and most famous tennis tournament in the world and it\u2019s watched all over the globe. The matches start at 11:00am on the outdoor courts and 1:00pm on Centre Court and Court One.&nbsp; There is lots of live coverage on the BBC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1691,1264,1690],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13362,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13360\/revisions\/13362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}