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What is Wimbledon's Last 8 Club?
The Last 8 Club is an exclusive club for tennis players who have reached the quarter-finals or better in the men's and women's singles tournaments at as a tradition in 1986, joining the Last 8 Club allows players past and present to enter the Wimbledon grounds at their leisure for the rest of their lives, free tickets, entry to a designated hospitality suite and tickets on centre court and court is also an annual Last 8 Supper Party held for that the tournament is one that almost all current active players are involved in, it is common that players do not take advantage of the facilities they are entitled to until they have retired from playing can also qualify for the Last 8 Club by reaching the semi-finals of men's and women's doubles or the final of the mixed doubles and drink is on offer to players in Last 8 Club areas and happy hour drinks and nibbles are also available daily between 6pm and are also a list of hotels available for Last 8 members at discounted rates, with transport laid on by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) between those hotels and 8 Club members, who are permitted to take one guest with them to Wimbledon, are also entitled to two tickets to a London show of their choice and an invitation to a Seniors' LTC of Great Britain cocktail party. Who will enter the Last 8 Club in 2026? For players qualifying for the Last 8 Club based on their performances at Wimbledon in 2025, they will enter from the 2026 Wimbledon championships Shelton and Mirra Andreeva are among six players who have entered it for the first time in 2025 via singles competitions after reaching the quarter-finals in the men's and women's singles Coco Gauff, ranked number two in the LTA's world ranking, is among the high-profile active players who are yet to enter the Last 8 who has competed in the women's singles at Wimbledon six times, has been knocked out in the fourth round, one before the quarter-finals, three 21-year-old has reached the quarter-finals in doubles competition on SW19, but that does not qualify for entry to the Last 8 article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. What is Ask Me Anything? Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio. More questions answered... How are famous faces invited into Wimbledon's royal box?Courts and toilet breaks - your Wimbledon questions answeredWhat is the prize money per round at Wimbledon?What does 'Open era' mean in tennis?
The Independent
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Wimbledon suffers another tech malfunction as ‘fault' is called mid rally
Wimbledon's latest electronic line call blunder was due to the movement of a ball boy. The faltering system was thrust back into the spotlight on Tuesday afternoon following an embarrassing malfunction during Taylor Fritz's four-set quarter-final victory over Karen Khachanov. Swedish umpire Louise Azemar-Engzell called 'stop' in the opening game of the fourth set on Court One when 'fault' was incorrectly announced after a Fritz forehand landed well inside the baseline. The cry of 'fault', rather than 'out', and positioning of the ball suggested the technology was still tracking Fritz's serve as opposed to a rally. Tournament organisers verified that theory, explaining the system had failed to reset because the ball from Fritz's first serve was still being retrieved when he started lining up his second. Neither player showed much reaction as match official Azemar-Engzell ordered the point be replayed. Fritz led 2-1 on sets at that stage before completing a 6-3 6-4 1-6 7-6 (4) victory in two hours and 36 minutes. 'The player's service motion began while the BBG (ball boy or girl) was still crossing the net and therefore the system didn't recognise the start of the point,' read a statement from the All England Club. 'As such the chair umpire instructed the point be replayed.' Tournament organisers said on Sunday they were confident of avoiding further issues with the technology after a major error in Sonay Kartal's fourth-round defeat to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the women's draw. On that occasion, the new system failed to call 'out' when a shot by Kartal bounced well behind the baseline. Had the call been correct, Pavlyuchenkova would have taken a 5-4 lead in the first set. Umpire Nico Helwerth instead ruled the point should be replayed, with Kartal going on to win the game. However, a major scandal was avoided as the Russian, who accused the official of home bias, battled back to progress. After an investigation, organisers admitted the technology was turned off in error on a section of the court. Britain's leading duo Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu have each complained about the accuracy of the system, which is widely used on the tour but has only just been introduced in SW19. The latest incident is another embarrassment for the Championships amid controversy over the removal of line judges.
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Lancashire opener Salt's bat cleared by corruption unit
Lancashire batter Phil Salt has had the bat he used in their T20 match against Northants Steelbacks cleared by the Cricket Regulator's anti-corruption was alleged to have breached ECB Directives 3.2 and 3.3 after his bat failed an on-field bat gauge test during Friday's Vitality Blast club said that it was the same bat he had used for the past two years for England, Lancashire and in the Indian Premier League, but it did not pass through the gauge on the field and was deemed to have failed the tests carried out after the match were deemed inconclusive despite the bat fitting through the gauge on several occasions, but it was eventually found to be compliant with the regulations and no further action will be taken."The club and player felt this should have been the end of the matter, but the officials felt it necessary for the bat to be taken away for further testing," the club's statement continued., external"At Lancashire, we believe this whole process could have been avoided with improved processes on and off the field, whether that be through better equipment and/or additional training."Following the incident there have been inappropriate comments made by match commentators, inaccurate articles written in the media and some unsavoury social media posts towards the player, that could have been avoided." In response, the Cricket Regulator said it notes "that the match officials performed their roles fully in compliance with the regulations."In addition, they said they "acknowledge the cooperation provided by Lancashire and the player in this matter."An ECB spokesperson told BBC Sport: "We are working with all parties involved to ensure they are clear on the correct process for bat gauge testing."
