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Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. This prestigious game has been held since 1877 at the All England Club in London suburb of Wimbledon. This game is still played on grass courts and is one of the four grand slam tennis tournaments. The All England Lawn Tennis and the Croquet Club are responsible for staging Wimbledon. You can now watch Wimbledon Tennis Live at WatchWimbledonOnline.com.

A lot of changes have been made in the 2009 Wimbledon tournament which will commence on June 22 and the finals will be held on July 5, 2009. There was little doubt that the world’s best tennis players would all show up for the annual Lawn Tennis Championship hosted by the prestigious All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Not only will this year’s players compete for the largest purses in the event’s illustrious history, but they will be initiating a sparkling new Centre Court complete with a spectacular retractable roof. A new retractable roof has been built. The reason for this newly constructed roof is that in the previous tournaments rain has been a major hindrance for the game. The retractable roof has been designed to close and open in matter of 10 minutes and will be closed primarily to protect play from inclement (and, if necessary, extremely hot) weather during The Championships. From now on there will never be such a problem. Watch Wimbledon Tennis live

Though many changes are been made, the rules of the game remains the same, with the exception of details pertaining to the height of the net, the height of the posts and the distance from the service line to the net. The Matches for each day are prepared in draft the previous evening by the Referee and submitted by him to the Order of Play committee for approval or amendment. They take all the effort to have the most attractive matches being played on the courts with the most spectator accommodation, but care has also to be taken to give any player likely to go far in the tournament his or her fair share of the show courts. Watch Wimbledon Tennis live

The Centre court and No.1 court are the main show courts which are only used for two weeks a year, during the championships. But under exceptional circumstances in can be extended for the third week also. Dress code is another notable feature of the Wimbledon tournament. The traditional Wimbledon colors are dark green and purple. All the tennis players participating in the tournament are supposed to wear all white or at least almost all white clothing, a long time tradition at Wimbledon. For about 60 years BBC has broadcast the tournament on television in the UK splitting time for many matches. Americans have made a tradition of NBC's "Breakfast at Wimbledon" specials at weekends, where live coverage starts early in the morning (the US being a minimum of 5 hours behind the UK).Now ESPN has officially hired NBC. Watch Wimbledon Tennis live. You can logon to the website WatchWimbledonOnline.com

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