With the tournament at capacity for the first time in three years, the pair electrified an otherwise genteel atmosphere
Welcome back, then, the great British summer picnic, a tournament where it is somehow always a muggy mid‑afternoon and where there are still, it turns out, strawberries for tea.for the first time since 2019
Wimbledon is a place to luxuriate, to suck the sweetness out of the summer, to feel lush and flush and woozy and sated. The eateries thronged, the kiosks buzzed. In the shop under No 1 Court they are selling novelty oversized tennis rackets for £600. Are we really in that place?, Wimbledon, queueing endlessly for a low-cost airline seat.
Nobody has ever owned this place quite like Murray does now, which is an odd thing given the way things were, before the gangly youth gave way to the gangly man, the fears Wimbledon’s crowd might never quite clasp him to its bosom. Fast forward a decade and a half and we basically have Mr Darcy out there on court, swoon-worthy, glowering, regal.Photograph: Frey/TPN/Getty Images
There were roars and whistles and the odd scattered shout as Raducanu walked out under a blue, skittish sky. There were gasps and coos as she unfurled a lovely coiled backhand, then sighs and murmurs as she netted a forehand. With 17 minutes gone Raducanu finally held serve to make it one game all, to roars from the plastic seats.
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