Wimbledon announces 2022 schedule, brings back the legendary queues

The 2021 Wimbledon was a great event yet it was not the full experience for tennis fans as COVID-19 measures were still in place.

With the 2022 season slowly approaching planning for the 2022 edition was in full swing and the event announced that it will return to full glory next year. A lot of fans missed the famous Wimbledon queues which should return in 2022. Covid restrictions for this summer’s event meant fans were unable to queue in Wimbledon Park in the hope of securing either show court tickets or ground passes, with all tickets sold online.

Some other changes include changes to scheduling. The All England Club made the shock announcement last year that the traditional day off on the middle Sunday of the championships would be scrapped from 2022. The fourth round, traditionally held on one action-packed day on the second Monday, will now be spread over two days to match all the other grand slams, while the quarter-final schedule will also change.

Wimbledon has previously staged the women’s quarter-finals on the second Tuesday and the men’s matches on Wednesday, but those two days will now see two matches from each draw. The mixed doubles, meanwhile, will be reduced to a 32-team draw, with the final, which is traditionally the last match of the tournament, moved to the second Thursday.