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Forecast calls for precipitation and patience

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Sunday, June 24, 2007

WIMBLEDON, England -- The rain seems eternal here. On Sunday morning, the eve of Wimbledon's annual fortnight, it was coming down again in a steady drizzle. The pastoral grounds at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club were eerily quiet. The tarps were puffed up over the 19 tennis courts like so many emerald loaves rising in the oven. The indoor practice courts across Somerset Road were where the action was. The six-day forecast in the Sunday Times features rain on every single day. Th ...

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