
Wimbledon has had enough of tennis
Wimbledon is the highlight of the year for tennis fans. But for local residents it’s a fortnight of traffic chaos and misery. As a born-and-bred Wimbledonian, I think I have earned the right to ask this: hasn’t the tennis all got a bit much? If you have lived in Wimbledon for any stretch of time, you will quickly learn that there is one thing, and one thing only, non-SW19ers will associate you with: the tennis. There’s a good reason why. After Christmas and Easter, the Wimbledon championships are treated much like the town ’s third annual holy feast. At least two weeks in advance, the first of the ubiquitous tennis
