OPINION Wimbledon will lose what makes it unique if it tries to expand like this
about 3 years in Standard
The empty seats at Wimbledon last week will do nothing for the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club’s dream of building 38 new courts and a show court on the Capability Brown parkland across the road. Cynics would ask why do they need it? They only have 375 full and life members, which is so bizarre it led Tim Henman to a rare joke: “The easy way to get in is to win it”.