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News Source: Telegraph India
| 5 months ago
Big w turns a new page as Centre Court tennis hits the roof London: One way or another the day was about roofs, one sliding across Centre Court, another caving in. Well, Andy Murray was up against a Swiss with a gunslingers backhand and for a set...
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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
The blazers at the All England Club were hoping that Andy Murray’s criticism of their £80 million roof was no more than a player looking for an excuse. The man of the hour complained that the “very, very heavy and very humid” atmosphere meant...
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News Source: BDNews24
| 5 months ago
The All England Club defended the use of the Centre Court roof for Andy Murray's thrilling victory over Stanislas Wawrinka after the third seed had been less than complimentary about conditions under the new canopy. Murray, who became the first...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Wimbledon's famed centre court on Monday, and Dinara Safina and Amelie Mauresmo walked out to play the historic first shots, conditions on one of the world's great sporting stages were predictably and, at a price tag of $165 million, expensively...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Wimbledon boss Ian Ritchie has defended the use of the Centre Court roof during Andy Murray's late-finishing victory over Stanislas Wawrinka. Murray claimed he had not had enough notice that the roof would be closed, and questioned the need for its...
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News Source: The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Andy Murray serves under roof during his five-set victory over Stanislas Wawrinka. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images The BBC moved quickly today to distance itself from suggestions that it had influenced the decision to close the Centre Court...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Murray's five-set match, which was played under the roof on Centre Court and lasted close to four hours, gained an average of 8.6m viewers. BBC One's planned schedule, including an episode of EastEnders, was screened on BBC Two to make way for the...
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News Source: The Observer
| 5 months ago
Andy Murray celebrates victory against Stanislas Wawrinka to advance to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. Photograph: Sean Dempsey/PA Andy Murray collapsed to his knees on the Centre Court as if the new roof had fallen in on him...He reached his...
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News Source: The Guardian
| 5 months ago
The British No1 said it was extremely hot under Wimbledon's new attraction. Photograph: Tom Jenkins Andy Murray 's epic five-set Wimbledon victory under Centre Court's closed roof peaked with nearly 12 million viewers on BBC1 at 10.30pm last night,...
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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
And he also moaned about the humidity levels inside Centre Court which he claimed affected his serve during his 2-6 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3 fourth round victory which saw the match end at 10.38pm with the Wimbledon hill still packed but in total darkness.