Close of Play: Nightly Wimbledon Blog from The D.C

For the duration of the world's greatest tennis tournament – this year from 24th June to the 7th July – CLOSE OF PLAY will bring you a Wimbledon fact of the day. (The London Nightly Photoblog will return on the 8th July…weather permitting!)
We're not going to state the bleeding obvious. You know the situation. Everybody knows.
It's 77 years since a British player won the Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon.
But then again it's only one year since a Scot was runner-up. And he made the final again today.
Come on Andy.

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