Threat of rain prompts plans for Wimbledon play on Monday
Saturday, 5 July 2008
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Unpromising weather forecasts have prompted All England Club officials to prepare contingency plans for extending the Championships to a third Monday for what would be the first time since 2001.
Suggestions that rain is 60 per cent likely today and tomorrow mean that those with tickets for matches on the two show courts should revise the terms of compensation in the event of the weather preventing play.
A spokesman said that full refunds would be available if there was less than an hour's play, and half refunds in the event of less than two hours. He said those with tickets for Sunday would not have any advantage in seeking tickets for Monday.
"We would be expecting people to queue in the normal fashion, with gates opening at 10.30am," he said.
"In the past we have shut Church Road in order to carry out security searching without too much of a crush. It is likely we would be making between 10,000 and 11,000 tickets available on the day, with 600 available via the internet."
The capacity of Centre Court is 15,000 and that of Court One is 11,500.
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