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In a Cozy Setting at Wimbledon, the Women’s Game Suffers an Indignity

Related Topics: No. 2 Court, No. 1 Court

WIMBLEDON, England — The No. 2 Court at Wimbledon is a fine little stadium: well proportioned and intimate, with a capacity of 4,000.

On Monday, it was also the site of a slight to women’s tennis.

Top-seeded Angelique Kerber, a 2016 Wimbledon finalist, and No. 14 seed Garbiñe Muguruza, a 2015 Wimbledon finalist, shrugged it off, took the court for their fourth-round encounter and played one of the best matches of the tournament.

Muguruza came back to prevail, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, and then celebrated in the sunshine, but she should have been playing and celebrating in a much grander setting on No.