The Wimbledon tennis tournament allows players to break the strict rules of costumes, to commemorate Diogo Jota after the tragic death of the Liverpool star and younger brother Andre Silva.
Accordingly, the Wimbledon 2025 Organizing Committee will loosen the rules very strictly to the athletes who want to pay homage and gratitude to Diogo Jota after he died in an extremely catastrophic car accident. Thereby, players can wear black tape and especially have to wear white costumes during the time of playing at Wimbledon 2025 across the British tennis courts.
It is known that the Portuguese player Francisco Cabal also expressed his respect for Jota and planned to wear a black band to express his gratitude to the 28 -year -old football star. Cabric's desire has been approved by the Wimbledon 2025 Organizing Committee.
Speaking after the victory of men against Jamie Murray and Rajeev Ram, Cabal revealed the desire to wear a black hand tape to pay homage to Jota after he died. “I just read a very sad news. Extremely sad and made my heart tighten, like stopping beating. Diogo Jota was a big name, not only in Portugal but also around the world.
He is a wonderful person both on the field and in real life. He has a small family with a gentle wife and three children are too young. Only thinking about the scene of three orphaned children that I could not breathe. I would like to send the best wishes to all of them. For his family, it's hard to overcome that pain … Today I couldn't take the mourning tape, but I wanted to wear it next time, “Cabal shared after my first round match on Thursday.
Cabal double with the player Lucas Miedler in this year's tournament and will meet the Czech duo Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl in the second round today. According to the Daily Mail, not only Cabal, many other players will also wear black bandages to commemorate Jota.