We all know the people at the All England Club just love their rules.
It’s one of the strictest places on the planet and it’s no surprise they’ve updated their guidelines this year, just in case they weren’t stringent enough before.
A new rule regarding competitors’ all-white dress code now has expanded to cover players’ underwear and any clothing items that become “visible during play due to perspiration”.
The new rule also states that players may only break up their all-white outfits with a coloured trim of 1cm width on the trim of their garments.
Roland Garros doubles runner-up Marc Lopez fell foul to the rule the other day because he was wearing black underwear under his shorts.
The umpire asked the Spaniard if he could change into white underwear.
He eventually let him play the match but told him he has to make sure he’s wearing white ones for the next round.
It drove Lopez’ doubles partner Marcel Granollers to tweet about it saying it was “incredible”.
“Ya lo que faltaba,” said Granollers which roughly translates to “(all these rules) and now this!”
Henman Hill or Murray Mound?
The debate continues as to whether what was originally named Aorangi Terrace should remain a tribute to retired Brit Tim Henman or should carry the name of reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.
The terrace is officially named Murray Mound on Google Maps apparently.
“If anyone from Google wants to set foot at Wimbledon they’d better get that sorted,” joked Henman.
Tsonga, the lovable
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is quite the charmer and yesterday he reminded us just to what extent he really is.
The Frenchman accidentally hit a spectator on the chest with a ball and after the match, he remembered where she was sat, went up to her and gave her his towel.
A nice gesture from the big man.
