Lindor stuns Wimbledon throughout journey to London – El Nuevo Diario (Dominican Republic)

EL NUEVO DIARIO, LONDON.- Francisco Lindor might need been in London for a piece journey, however the Puerto Rican star nonetheless took time to be a vacationer, and even to think about himself as a star there the opposite sport.

Of the points of interest Lindor and his Mets teammates visited final week whereas on the town for his or her two-game sequence towards the Phillies at London Stadium, maybe probably the most fascinating for him to go to the well-known Wimbledon tennis middle.

“I like tennis. I prefer to see it,” he mentioned throughout his go to. “I’ve loads of respect for athletes.”

Lindor, who has performed on the Washington (DC) Open, the Miami Open and the US Open, toured the Wimbledon venue and museum, studying in regards to the venue’s historical past.

“It is stunning… it is positively particular,” he mentioned. “If I used to be a tennis participant, I might positively wish to be right here.

He even discovered similarities to one in every of baseball’s holy locations.

“It is like Fenway Park,” he mentioned as he walked by way of the halls towards Heart Court docket, the principle courtroom used for the Wimbledon event.

Lindor additionally visited a present that includes tennis star Coco Gauff, a much-loved athlete.

“Coco is unbelievable,” Lindor mentioned. “He is an efficient man and he’s extraordinarily, extraordinarily humble, and he could have the world. “

Though Lindor mentioned he did not play a lot tennis, the journey to Wimbledon gave him the chance to hit balls on one of many grass courts. And he even had an opportunity to attempt Wimbledon’s well-known strawberries.

All in all, it was time for a tennis fan.

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