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6/28/09 9:23 PM | Johan Lindahl
For a brief period, Andy Murray was shaping up as the first player to compete under the multi-million dollar Wimbledon moveable roof as raindrops fell during the closing stages of his win into the third roundover Serb Viktor Troicki.
But the weather abated, as the Scot ran out a popular win to reach the second week of play.
"It would have been a nice bit of history, I guess, (to play) the first match to play under the roof", said the third seed.
"I wasn't that worried by it, I enjoy playing indoors. Once it started to come down, a little bit heavier, it was sort of 5-3 in the third set. So, obviously wanted to finish it before the rain came", said the straight-set winner.
After a week, the so far unused covering has faded as a locker room talking point for players as a rare sunny fortnight enters its final stretch. As luck would have it, the three-year project was completed just in time for some of the best weather of the last three or four editions.
Andy Roddick says players are not speculating about how might be first to actually play a match with the translucent structure shut.
"That conversation would be kind of a short one", said the no-nonsense American. "There's a roof. If it rains, it closes. Beyond that, we might as well guess what colour socks someone is wearing".
"I think the common joke has been that they haven't had to use it yet. All this money and the weather's been nice".
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