Piers Morgan slammed for 'demeaning' comment about Wimbledon hours before women's singles final

Piers Morgan has been criticised for views helium has expressed connected societal media astir Wimbledon which helium has posted a substance of hours earlier the women's singles last takes place.

The 2025 variation of Wimbledon astatine the All England Tennis Club is approaching its climax with finals taking spot connected Saturday and Sunday.

Jannik Sinner faces champion Carlos Alcaraz connected Centre Court connected Sunday, with the second seeking to triumph his 3rd Wimbledon men's singles rubric successful a row.

The women's doubles besides takes spot connected Sunday arsenic Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko play Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova, but earlier then, 2 much titles volition beryllium decided connected Saturday.

British brace Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool look David Pel and Rinky Hikikata successful the men's doubles final, earlier the women's singles last takes spot this day arsenic Amanda Anisimova plays against Iga Swiatek.

Anisimova is playing successful her archetypal ever Grand Slam final, arsenic is Swiatek and it means determination volition beryllium a marque caller Wimbledon women's champion crowned.

Swiatek has 5 Grand Slam crowns to her sanction truthful far, which includes 4 triumphs astatine the French Open and a triumph astatine the US Open.

But Wimbledon is not the lone large sporting lawsuit taking spot successful London this weekend.

Piers Morgan. (Image: Getty)

The 3rd trial of the cricket bid betwixt England and India is presently taking spot astatine Lord's and is into its 3rd day.

The five-test series is presently level astatine 1-1 pursuing England's triumph astatine Headingley and India's triumph astatine Edgbaston, earlier it moves connected to matches astatine Old Trafford and The Oval.

Broadcaster Morgan is simply a good known sports fan, being a passionate Arsenal protagonist and a keen spectator of cricket.

But helium has been slammed for his views connected Wimbledon aft helium criticised it being connected astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the Lord's trial lucifer and took a dim presumption of tennis arsenic a sport.

Taking to X, helium wrote: "Anyone who goes to Wimbledon during a Lord’s Test lucifer should springiness their caput a wobble.

"One is the top lawsuit of the English sporting summertime season, the different is radical not skilled capable to play cricket, hitting a fewer balls implicit a net."

And radical person been captious of Morgan's presumption to marque it wide they disagree with him, adjacent going truthful acold arsenic to statement his opinions 'demeaning'.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "You cannot praise a happening without demeaning the other??"

Another responded: "Piers. Seriously. I seldom disagree with you but THAT remark is outrageous."

And different idiosyncratic replied: "Sounds similar you couldn't get tickets for Wimbledon."

One idiosyncratic added: "Both games are good. It's subjective."

And different made the point: "It’s good if you don’t similar the athletics but don’t enactment down the ones who similar Tennis. They could accidental the aforesaid asking you who would ticker cricket erstwhile Wimbledon is on!"