Author Archives: Kate Battersby

Roof a re-sound-ing success, say players

17 May, 2009 – 6:53 pm

On a day which can only be described as a huge success for the All England Club, the new Centre Court roof received a huge vote of confidence from Tim Henman, Kim Clijsters, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf after their exhibition matches.

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Rain doesn’t stop play on Centre Court’s big day

17 May, 2009 – 6:48 pm

First, strangely, the good news: it rained. When could such an event at Wimbledon ever be said to be good news? Answer: on the day the new Centre Court roof was unveiled in front of a capacity crowd and a worldwide television audience.

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Kisses not misses during Graf and Agassi’s love game

17 May, 2009 – 4:30 pm

Sometimes, somebody, somewhere has a brilliant idea.
It is not recorded whose masterstroke it was to invite Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf to be two of the four players chosen to play the exhibition Centre Court Celebration event under the new roof, but – whoever it was – give that person a gold star.

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