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Fraser Watson

Wimbledon to remove “Miss” and “Mrs” in bid to modernise honours boards

The famous Wimbledon honours board is to undergo an overhaul after bosses ruled to remove titles from female names.

In the past at SW19, umpires would use the terms 'Miss' or 'Mrs' when announcing the scores in women's matches. That practice also applied to the board, with the first winner in 1884, Maud Watson, listed as Miss M Watson.

However, in 2019 officials were given a different directive, and dropped the two terms, instead just saying 'game Osaka ' or 'advantage Raducanu ' depending on who was in action. And now things will go a step further as the tournament continues its quest to promote equality.

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