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Matthew Abbott

Coco Gauff calls new Wimbledon dress code "big relief" after rival points out concerns

World number four Coco Gauff has admitted Wimbledon finally relaxing their controversial all-white clothing policy is a welcome relief.

Gauff, 19, debuted at the tournament in 2019, five years after the All England Club tightened rules on competitors wearing coloured underwear during games. Almost a decade since the 2014 ban, organisers announced in November that female players would be permitted to wear dark undershorts.

The updated regulations state they are 'allowed to wear solid, mid/dark-coloured undershorts provided they are no longer than their shorts or skirt'. Billie Jean King and Judy Murray were prominent critics of the previous rules.

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