Wimbledon and the rain

Two articles on Wimbledon this year the rain that has plagued it - one superb one on rain affecting sport in general from Simon Barnes here, and one from Martin Johnson - typically ha ha funny. Sample this -

Is it possible that Wimbledon fortnight is now beginning to impact on the British public as tennis does for the other 50 weeks of the year? Judging by the absence of queues yesterday morning, even those people who are prepared to risk lumbago and pneumonia after spending the night on a soggy pavement for the chance of seeing an Ova playing an Eva on Court 17 have given up.