Ex-Wimbledon Cycli champion to Queen’s on Lime bike after the car was stolen
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Heather Watson has used an electric lime bike to travel to a new tennis event in southwestern London. He is crazy by a stolen autosaga.
A first WTA tournament at Queen’s Club in the Hof van Baron since 1973 has been working well for Watson because it is only 10 minutes by bike ride of her flat.
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While some of her rivals jump to and from the location in official cars, the British no. 7 prefer two wheelsA much greener transport mode.
Her preference is the green-white lime bikes, which can achieve a top speed of 15 mph and are easily accessible for anyone who lives in the capital.
Watson – that the Wimbledon Mixed double title with Finn Henri Kontins in 2016 – had stolen her car in the summer of 2023.
Aas born in Guernsey Range Rover Was fooled from an underground parking space in her house in West -Londs at the night that she had her 31st birthday with friends celebrated.
It happened in the week before the grass season started and at the time she said she pulled her hair out to be time -consuming insurance company.
A follow -up company told her that the vehicle was gone and although it was eventually found by Police and taken to a pound in Charlton Car-her problems only started when it came to the “ball pain” of dealing with the insurance detail.
On Thursday afternoon, qualifying Watson was on her bike from the building when she lost 6-4 6-2 to former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
After that defeat, she revealed to the media why she shun cars and said: “(bicycles) are my means of transport.
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“Because my car was stolen and it just has been the curse of my life, I am selling it.
“Still such a pain. Don’t get a car. That is my advice. I am a lime cyclist through and through.
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“Rain or sunshine, I’m on my bike, that’s how I get to the NTC (National Tennis Center) every day.
“That is how I got home from the site yesterday because it takes ten minutes.
“I love misuseAnd I feel that it is a kind of meditation for me too.
“I just enjoy cycling in the fresh air. It is a great warming up, about 20 minutes from where I live to the NTC, so it’s perfect for me.
“I will not get another car. I am a cyclist. They always drove me crazy, but now I am one of them and I have a different perspective.
“How was my car stolen? Oh, I will not be bored, but a few years ago it was stolen.
“And it has just been demolished since then. Insurance? Biggest scam ever. They just try to rinse.
“Yes, a disaster. I am discriminated against because I am an athlete. So your prices are already … Process the cars. Not forever, but for now.”
Watson is not the only sportswoman who recently benefits from lime bikes.
The England test team took the mode of Transport prior to the match against West -India.
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