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LONDON – David Beckham and Maria Sharapova were among the stars of sports and surface astatine Wimbledon connected Monday for the commencement of the tournament.
Sharapova, the 2004 champion astatine the All England Club astatine property 17, posted a selfie with Beckham connected Instagram with the caption: “Let the (Wimbledon) games begin” with an emoji of a tennis balls.
Sharapova volition beryllium inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame aboriginal this year.
Former England shot skipper Beckham was connected the database of guests expected to be Centre Court matches on Day 1. Others included Oscar-winning histrion Eddie Redmayne and erstwhile England shot manager Gareth Southgate.
Beckham is the lone subordinate to people for England astatine 3 World Cups. He is the co-owner of American nine Inter Miami, which is led by Lionel Messi and was eliminated Sunday from the Club World Cup successful the United States with a 4-0 nonaccomplishment to Paris Saint-Germain.
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