WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The first match played entirely under Wimbledon's new retractable roof produced a five-set marathon that finished later than any previous Centre Court encounter in history.
They might as well have called it Wimbledon's first "night session."
What's more, it ended with a British winner celebrating in front of a raucous home crowd.
Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka battled for nearly four hours yesterday under the translucent roof and stadium floodlights before the third-seeded Scot closed out a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3,...
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