Wimbledon Roof Closed

The roof was needed for the opening ceremony as rainfall swept across sw19 on sunday afternoon.

Wimbledon roof closed.

7 5 with the centre court roof closed on the rainy grounds of the all england club. What made it historic was the closed roof overhead. The tournament rules for the wimbledon fortnight dictate that the roof once closed must remain closed until the end of the match so some matches may be completed indoors even though the sun has re emerged. Serena williams is great indoors reaches semifinals at wimbledon.

Should weather threaten to delay a high profile match the roof deploys with the trusses moving into place on the tracks stretching the fabric taut to form a watertight roof. After nearly 90 years of rain delays on centre court which was built in 1922 wimbledon has finally created a way to keep the tennis coming. Kvitova a 22 year old czech had a. Rafael nadal made clear that he was far from happy with wimbledon organisers decision to keep the centre court roof closed throughout his two day semi final defeat to novak djokovic.

The court was initially covered with a green tarp wimbledon s timeworn method of waiting for rain to subside so play can resume before all england club officials quickly decided to shut the roof. The roof closed from inside no 1 court the roof was built on a budget of 70m and took three years to complete it will enable more matches to be played for longer if weather conditions turn during the club s wimbledon grand slam tournament. Most of the time the roof is parked in the open position with the trusses stacked tightly together and the fabric folded between.