Wimbledon player wants to wear JOTA tribute football shirt

Borges said his team tried to negotiate with Wimbledon to wear a Portuguese shirt with white but unsuccessful. Instead, the organizers allowed Borges to play with a black band on the arm. He then decided to put the tape on the hat to commemorate the fellow football star. "JOTA is a great player, very popular in Portugal. This is our tragedy ".

Borges then lost to the seed No. 17 Karen Khachanov after the year set, despite winning two of the first three sets. His compatriot Francisco Cabal double with Neal Skupski on the same day. The two entered the pitch with the black band of Jota, who died on Thursday in the morning of July 3 in the flipping in Zamora province, Spain. A few weeks ago, Jota contributed to the Portugal to win the Nations League and previously won the Premier League with Liverpool. "JOTA has gained a lot of glory, shining in big tournaments, idols and inspiration for us. I received bad news while driving to Wimbledon. Please share with JOTA family".

Neal Skupski, the number 11 player in the world, then receive two sad news on July 3. "First, I was informed that Jota died of a car accident. The funeral of the 28 -year -old striker will take place today in his home town of Porto. Most Liverpool club members flew here to attend the funeral, including both of their former captain Jordan Henderson and James Milner. Earlier Henderson cried when with Liverpool fans ordered flowers outside Anfield.