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Players must deal with Wimbledon's changing climate

By Barry Lorge
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, June 24, 2005

WIMBLEDON, England – Thunder and lightning moved from the rackets to the heavens late Friday afternoon at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. After four hot, dry, sunny days, squalls moved in. The wind picked up, the skies turned the shade of pewter, and then the first rain of this Wimbledon interrupted play – first for half an hour, later for the rest of the day. The ability to adapt on the fly to changing conditions, which is an enormous part of the challenge of winning the e ...

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