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Roof can't come soon enough at Wimbledon

By Whit Sheppard
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, June 26, 2006

WIMBLEDON, England -- None of his 41 previous grass-court opponents had managed to find a way to solve Roger Federer's game on his favorite surface, leaving it to the elements to step into the breach on a wet opening day at Wimbledon. Federer got through just 35 minutes of his first-round match Monday against France's Richard Gasquet, leading 6-3, 1-2, when a soft mist began falling on a cool, overcast day. A Federer win would push him past Bjorn Borg to establish a new Open era record for ...

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