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Wimbledon spent $130 million on a roof it didn’t need that is now causing a distracting shadow in one of the greatest finals ever played. I agree with this Guardian blogger.

It always rains heavily.  And give us the option to hit the close button on John McEnroe and Brad Gilbert.

This is the most entertaining story line so far from Wimbledon 2009 — the odds of the roof not closing continue to drop, Bloomberg reports: Wimbledon, considered to be the most traditional of the tennis Grand Slams, is lacking something this year — rain, and that has British bookmakers worried about a big pay-out.

Has anyone noticed how much the roof over Centre Court resembles both the old and new stadiums of the Dallas Cowboys?  I have four suggestions they can implement since they are following the lead of the self-proclaimed America’s team:  1) The grass in Southwest London is already looking brown on day five, so they should put [...]

Sooner or later, Wimbledon’s over-hyped roof will close over Centre Court, satisfying TV audiences worldwide with a live, premier match instead of network time-killing with rain delay replays of last year’s matches, most certainly the Nadal-Federer final, since that’s all we’ll see of the Spaniard over the coming fortnight.
 
It is possible the roof might [...]