Wimbledon To Lose Familiar Face As Veteran BBC Presenter Sue Barker Calls Time After 30 Years
deadline.comThis year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament will see the end of an era. No, Roger Federer has not announced he will be zipping up his racquet – instead, the BBC’s veteran presenter Sue Barker has confirmed she will be hanging up her microphone after 30 years.
Barker has revealed her 2022 duties fronting the coverage from the Grand Slam tournament in south-west London will be her last.
The presenter was previously one of Britain’s more successful women players, winning the French Open in 1976 and reaching the Wimbledon semi-final the following year.
She joined the presenting team for the British tournament in 1993 and since 2000 has anchored the network’s broadcast.The BBC had offered Barker a three-year extension to her contract, but she has decided to step down following the death of her mother earlier this year.
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