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This is an archive article published on February 25, 2009

Agassi,Graf return to Wimbledon

Former Wimbledon champions Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf will return to the All England Club in May to try out the playing conditions under the new Centre Court roof.....

Former Wimbledon champions Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf will return to the All England Club in May to try out the playing conditions under the new Centre Court roof.

Agassi and Graf will join Kim Clijsters and Tim Henman for a series of exhibition matches on May 17,five weeks before Wimbledon. The event dubbed A Centre Court Celebration is designed to test the new roof and air management system with live matches in front of a capacity crowd of 15,000.

The program will feature a mens singles,a womens singles and a mixed doubles match. The matches will be played in a pro-set format the first to eight games,with a tiebreaker at 8-8.

Tickets,which will cost 50,will go on sale March 12. The new sliding roof will help alleviate Wimbledons perennial rain delays. The traditional roof overhang on Centre Court was removed after the 2006 tournament,leaving the grass surface more open to the elements in 2007. The overhang was back in 2008,along with 1,200 extra seats.

This years Wimbledon tournament will be held June 22-July 5.

 

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