Hewitt: No. 1 Court with roof seems similar to Centre Court at Wimbledon
The former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt attended the opening of the retractable roof on the No. 1 Court in Wimbledon. The Australian, who won the 2002 title, felt excited to play on it. "Pretty special, to be out there. Obviously, the opening of Court 1 with the new roof on it, an unbelievable atmosphere as well and to think the middle of May and the grass was just playing so true out there," said Hewitt, who always feels something special when he gets to the All England Club: "It’s fantastic, you know I always love walking into the All England Club and it holds obviously such special memories for me back in 2002 and I actually played an epic quarter-final match on Court 1 as well so it brings back a lot of those emotions and memories every time I come back on to that court."
He said, "It's so similar to Centre Court now as well with that atmosphere of when the crowd erupts as well, it’s so hard to actually hear yourself out there it’s so loud. You get goose bumps walking out and obviously with all the music out there today under the roof it’s pretty special.”
He concluded, "Especially with the roof. It’s just a lot louder, obviously there’s nowhere for that noise to go so it really builds up and I was fortunate to play a couple of times on Centre Court with the roof, so it’s such a similar feel to that now but I’m sure all the players are going to have a great time when they get the opportunity to play with the roof closed."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2JzFHsp
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