Sunday play being considered at Wimbledon, organisers say


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 02 Jul 2016

Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 1/7/16 The scoreboard on court 1 displays a message as spectators wait during a rain delay REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - Matches will be played on the middle Sunday at Wimbledon for the first time since 2004 after heavy downpours continued to plague the rain-ravaged tournament on Friday.

With play badly disrupted on Tuesday, Wednesday and again on Friday, meaning three second-round singles matches were still to be completed on day five, organisers have been forced to take advantage of what is usually a rest day.

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