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The Wimbledon Effect?

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July 06, 2025

Pah! New balls please

- By Matthew Bishop

As strawberries and cream provide their annual boost to the British economy, it’s worth asking what became of the “Wimbledon Effect”.

This was a term coined to describe Britain's economic policy in the 1980s and 1990s, when the home nation was lucky if any of its so-called tennis stars made it into the tournament's second round.

“Who needs British champions?”, said Wimbledon Effect enthusiasts, when the country still hosted one of the world’s top tennis tournaments.

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यह कहानी The Observer के July 06, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।

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