WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Olympics at Wimbledon means Roger Federer going for gold on grass.
It also means pouring seeds and a rooting hormone into hot-water tubs, which are then placed in a room heated to 104 degrees.
That’s to make the grass grow.
On Saturday, lawn tennis will be played in the Olympics for the first time since 1920. The games will be staged at the All England Club only three weeks after Wimbledon ended, which gave groundskeepers precious little time to repair damage to the courts, but they now look as pristine as ever.
On the surface, the profile of Olympic tennis has been elevated to a new level. After a 64-year hiatus, tennis rejoined the games in 1988 and has since struggled to generate a Grand Slam-style buzz — until now.
