First Wimbledon Match Under Roof

Nic bothma epa london novak djokovic played the first match of this year s wimbledon tournament under a closed roof on centre court and he won it in straight sets.

First wimbledon match under roof.

If this was the 15 year old just winging it on the night she followed up her win over venus williams by defeating an opponent twice her age just imagine how well she will play when she really gets the hang of this wimbledon grass. For the first time in the 142 years since the holding of the first championships at wimbledon those sitting on the second biggest show court in south west london were protected from the elements by a pristine gleaming new roof. The roof reported to. It s a good thing we ve got a second roof wimbledon.

Jamie murray teamed up with goran ivanisevic to take on pat cash and lleyton hewitt in an opening doubles match under the roof. The first match played on the new court was between tim henman and daniel nestor. In april 2013 the all england club confirmed its intention to build a retractable roof over no. The roof gets closed its first men s match finishes at 10 37pm and the whole thing is so splendid you just know it has to be only for starters.

On sunday 8 july 2012 andy murray and roger federer contested the first wimbledon final to be played partially under a roof. Murray won 6 4 6 3 7 6 8 6 in a match that ended under the centre court roof after a rain delay in the second set. The first midnight finish. Wimbledon s new centre court roof has been used in a match at the tournament for the first time after rain interrupted the match involving dinara safina and amelie mauresmo.

The 11pm barrier is next. The briton has yet to drop a set and will next face queen s club champion grigor. As well as a retractable roof the seating capacity of the court was increased by approximately 1 000 to seat 12 345 people.