Wimbledon plays under closed roof for 1st time

Indoor tennis has come to Wimbledon.

The new retractable roof over Centre Court was closed for the first time Monday after light rain halted play during the second set of a match between No. 1-ranked Dinara Safina and 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo. Oddly enough, by the time the match resumed, the wet weather had disappeared, and action proceeded on other courts around the grounds, no roof needed.

Still, the novelty of it all created quite a buzz. The roof is making its debut this year atop a stadium that opened in 1922 _ and at a tournament that began in the 1800s _ and this was the first rain delay of the fortnight after a sunny first week.

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