Wimbledon organisers defended their Centre Court roof policy on Tuesday after Novak Djokovic's opening match suffered an 80-minute delay after a rain shower made the grass too slippery.
Djokovic was leading by a set with light rain falling on Monday before the retractable roof, installed at a cost of a reported 80 million pounds in 2009, was closed.
With a state-of-the-art air conditioning system, play is supposed to resume no more than 30 minutes after the switch is pressed to close the roof. "It was very strange that for more than an hour the situation was not changing at all for the better," second seed Djokovic, who won 6-3 6-3 7-6 with the roof re-opened, said."Every care is taken by the Championships Referee when checking the courts are fit for play following a rain delay, as player safety is our top priority," a statement said.
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