The Gardeners' World Blog

Thanks for all the feedback we've had on our Wimbledon coverage so far. I will continue to answer some of the questions that you've been sending in:

Did the BBC have any say as to whether there would be play on the middle Sunday of Wimbledon?

Decisions about extra day’s play are purely down to the discretion of the club and the decision not to play on Sunday was theirs and theirs alone.

In hindsight, if they had known Sunday was going to be such a pleasant day and has they realised how bad the weather was going to be in the second week they may well have arrived at a different decision.

The weather information they had on Friday suggested no play was likely to take place on Sunday, so that was the main reason why they opted to leave it as a rest day. Also they were well up with play on the Friday in regards to the draw and only slightly behind on the Saturday, so they had no real concerns or requirement for an extra day’s play.