New research by Essential Living can predict this year’s Wimbledon tournament is to be the wettest yet in fifteen years, with an expected 5.1 mm rainfall on the opening day. The tournament which kicks off Monday 28th June is expected to be the wettest opener since 1991 when the heavens opened on 24th June at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. As part of their new … [Read more...] about Wimbledon 2021 • Predicted To Be the Wettest In 15 years
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Novak Djokovic Does It Again – And In More Ways Than One At The French Open
By Alix Ramsay We have become quite blasé about surprises these past 10 days. Champions pull out of Roland Garros: what of it? Former champions lose in the early rounds: and? Qualifiers reach the quarter-finals: so? There have been so many bizarre results and upsets at the French Open this year that we are immune to them now. But Novak Djokovic in … [Read more...] about Novak Djokovic Does It Again – And In More Ways Than One At The French Open
Tennis From Paris • Vive la France: The Country (And The Grand Slam) That No One Can Understand
By Alix Ramsay A quick trawl through the quotes by the famous and the infamous about France and the French reveals much. It’s not just us Brits who cannot fathom the Gallic mind and its machinations. My people and theirs have always been awkward bedfellows, separated by just 21 miles of sea that we call the “English Channel” (as we would) and they call La Manche (so that … [Read more...] about Tennis From Paris • Vive la France: The Country (And The Grand Slam) That No One Can Understand
Brits Frozen Out As Roland Garros Shivers Into Life • Andy Murray Comes Up Flat
By Alix Ramsay We will always have Paris. The trouble is that, at the end of September and with the blustering wind blowing the rain clouds directly over Roland Garros, you wonder who actually wants it. It is brass monkeys in the French capital at the moment; this is not the time to be holding an outdoor tennis tournament. And not one on slow clay, not one that has just … [Read more...] about Brits Frozen Out As Roland Garros Shivers Into Life • Andy Murray Comes Up Flat
Roland Garros • French Open Tennis • Rainy Day In Paris Cancels Matches For Wednesday
Spectators walk around at Roland Garros as no matches are played due to rain during the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France, 05 June 2019. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT Spectators walk around at Roland Garros as no matches are played due to rain during the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France, 05 June 2019. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT Covered Court … [Read more...] about Roland Garros • French Open Tennis • Rainy Day In Paris Cancels Matches For Wednesday