A Wimbledon feast

IF YOU queued through the night for your golden Wimbledon Centre Court ticket, you could surely not be disappointed by the result: Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray serving up a feast today.

It marks the first time in three years that capacity crowds are returning to the All England Club, after 2020’s cancellation and last year’s reduced numbers. But of course, once the first ball was tossed up, you could still hear a pin drop.

Away from Centre Court, there are a further seven Britons playing their first-round matches — including number one and ninth seed, Cameron Norrie.

There is the odd rain shower forecast — this is Wimbledon, after all — but they should pass quickly and, with retractable roofs on both main show courts, play will not be suspended for long.

The return of thronging Wimbledon crowds serves as a reminder of the things we’ve missed and what makes London the greatest sporting city in the world.