Cruise calls England team to say win is not mission impossible
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA and Billie Jean King are no strangers to Wimbledon comebacks, so Kate Middleton was in good company when she emerged yesterday from coronavirus quarantine at SW19.
Wearing a £1,360 (€1,600) emerald green Emilia Wickstead gown, she laughed with the two tennis legends – who between them share 15 Wimbledon women’s singles titles – as tearful Australian star Ashleigh Barty beat Czech rival Karolina Pliskova to achieve her first title. The Duchess and the Duke of Kent, who announced this weekend that he is stepping down as president of the All England Club after 52 years, handed the Venus Rosewater dish to Ms Barty, 25, after she became the first Australian women’s champion for 41 years.
Ms Barty told the Centre Court crowd: ‘I have to thank every single person in this stadium. You’ve made my dream so special.’
Kate, 39, has been self-isolating since learning, on July 2, that she had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19.
Among those watching the final were British pro Emma Raducanu, the new darling of Wimbledon after her remarkable passage into the fourth round before illness forced the 18-year-old to withdraw. Tom Cruise
Kate is due to return today for the men’s final
arrived with Hayley Atwell, his Mission Impossible co-star, and other celebrities included singers Katherine Jenkins and Lulu.
Kate is due to return to Wimbledon today to watch Serbian Novak Djokovic as he tries to secure his sixth Wimbledon men’s singles title by beating Italian Matteo Berrettini.