Centre Court

[paulotrac]

Just put the mens final on now, whats going on with the court? Are they not playing on centre court? Or is it centre court? Where is the roof?

[NoLongerFamous]

Yeah, they are on Centre Court but there's no roof this year, it returns in 2009. I think they're building a retractable roof, they also need to strengthen the walls to hold up the heavier roof.

[paulotrac]

cheers mate, that clears that one up

[big dutch]

looks a lot bigger without the roof

[paulotrac]

yeah it does actually, i quite like it without the roof.

[rowben86]

Well done Federer. Now he only needs 1 more to equal Great Britain's William Renshaw who has the most strait wins with 6 strait titles. Who knows he might even equal Sampras's 7 titles.

[CODE RED]

Well done Fedderer. Richly deserved. Great tennis final too.

[Evs]

Well done Federer. Now he only needs 1 more to equal Great Britain's William Renshaw who has the most strait wins with 6 strait titles. Who knows he might even equal Sampras's 7 titles.

Apparently when Big Will was playing (1880's?), the defending champion had a bye to that year's final.

I think it's fair to say that Borg and Federer will be the benchmark in future ;)

[rowben86]

Apparently when Big Will was playing (1880's?), the defending champion had a bye to that year's final.

I think it's fair to say that Borg and Federer will be the benchmark in future ;)

Yes but didn't Federer have a bye into this years semi-final, me thinks so.

[Ducatiboy749]

Well done Fedderer. Richly deserved. Great tennis final too.

Agreed. Whenever Wimbledon comes round I tend to greet it with a little reservation....got completely into it in the end this year for some reason and I actually thought the womens comp was more enjoyable than the mens and we even had a British winner to finish it off (well done to Jamie Murray).

Also thought Bjorn Borg looked a cross between embarassed and bored yesterday.....must be a hard life sometimes......:rolleyes: