The Wimbledon tennis championship in London has been marked by wet weather and slippery conditions. The famous tennis competition, one of four major championships in the sport, started Monday. Early in the week, top-ranked player Novak Djokovic fell and landed on his backside two times. He was not injured. But on Day 2, Roger Federer’s opponent, Adrian Mannarino, lost his footing, too. He was not so lucky. The Frenchman’s 33rd birthday ended with a knee injury and a loss because he was too hurt to continue. That also happened to tennis star Serena Williams on Tuesday. It was her latest attempt to tie the record for major tennis championship wins with 24. But the game left her crying after just 30 minutes. She injured her right leg when her left shoe lost footing in almost the same place that Mannarino had. She told the press that she was heartbroken to have to leave the competition. All those games were played with the stadium’s movable roof closed because of rain. And that is what the All England Club blames for how slippery the grass has been. The All England Club is a sports membership group that has supervised Wimbledon since the competition began in the 19th century. The club said the two opening days this year have been the wettest ones of Wimbledon in almost 10 years. Keeping the roof closed for a long period leads to wetter grass, the club said in a statement. It was released after Williams and Mannarino got hurt and left the competition. Federer told the Associated Press that the courts do seem a little more slippery under the roof. “You do have to move very, very carefully out there.” If you push too hard at the wrong times, “you do go down,” he said. Federer is an eight-time Wimbledon champion. “I do feel it’s drier during the day. With the wind and all that stuff, it takes the (wetness) out of the grass.” The club’s statement added that the grass has been prepared with the same level of care as in past years.
Title: Wet Wimbledon Grass Causes Falls, Disappointment
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5184/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Wet Wimbledon Grass Causes Falls, Disappointment' data-article-id='5727'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9979'>The Wimbledon tennis championship in London has been marked by wet weather and slippery conditions.</span> <span data-start-time='9979' data-end-time='18917'>The famous tennis competition, one of four major championships in the sport, started Monday.</span> <span data-start-time='18917' data-end-time='29479'>Early in the week, top-ranked player Novak Djokovic fell and landed on his backside two times.</span> <span data-start-time='29479' data-end-time='31604'>He was not injured.</span> <span data-start-time='31604' data-end-time='41833'>But on Day 2, Roger Federer’s opponent, Adrian Mannarino, lost his footing, too. </span> <span data-start-time='41833' data-end-time='44875'>He was not so lucky. </span> <span data-start-time='44875' data-end-time='56167'>The Frenchman’s 33rd birthday ended with a knee injury and a loss because he was too hurt to continue.</span> <span data-start-time='56167' data-end-time='63104'>That also happened to tennis star Serena Williams on Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='63104' data-end-time='72729'>It was her latest attempt to tie the record for major tennis championship wins with 24. </span> <span data-start-time='72729' data-end-time='78958'>But the game left her crying after just 30 minutes. </span> <span data-start-time='78958' data-end-time='90604'>She injured her right leg when her left shoe lost footing in almost the same place that Mannarino had. </span> <span data-start-time='90604' data-end-time='98354'>She told the press that she was heartbroken to have to leave the competition.</span> <span data-start-time='98354' data-end-time='107521'>All those games were played with the stadium’s movable roof closed because of rain. </span> <span data-start-time='107521' data-end-time='116104'>And that is what the All England Club blames for how slippery the grass has been. </span> <span data-start-time='116104' data-end-time='129396'>The All England Club is a sports membership group that has supervised Wimbledon since the competition began in the 19th century. </span> <span data-start-time='129396' data-end-time='140188'>The club said the two opening days this year have been the wettest ones of Wimbledon in almost 10 years.</span> <span data-start-time='140188' data-end-time='150542'>Keeping the roof closed for a long period leads to wetter grass, the club said in a statement. </span> <span data-start-time='150542' data-end-time='159833'>It was released after Williams and Mannarino got hurt and left the competition.</span> <span data-start-time='159833' data-end-time='170042'>Federer told the Associated Press that the courts do seem a little more slippery under the roof.</span> <span data-start-time='170042' data-end-time='175104'>“You do have to move very, very carefully out there.” </span> <span data-start-time='175104' data-end-time='181333'>If you push too hard at the wrong times, “you do go down,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='181333' data-end-time='186271'>Federer is an eight-time Wimbledon champion. </span> <span data-start-time='186271' data-end-time='190375'>“I do feel it’s drier during the day. </span> <span data-start-time='190375' data-end-time='196500'>With the wind and all that stuff, it takes the (wetness) out of the grass.”</span> <span data-start-time='196500' data-end-time='207542'>The club’s statement 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