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43 articles · updated July 30, 2026

Wimbledon

How an order of play is built, and why the schedule is contested

Scheduling a day of tennis means allocating a scarce resource with competitive consequences, and every principle available conflicts with another.

Neha Gupta··3 min read

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The roof, the light and the rules that suspend play

Covering a court removes rain from the schedule but introduces a different set of decisions, and the ones about light are harder than the ones about weather.

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The all-white clothing rule and how it is enforced

A dress code older than most of the modern game survives because it is enforced consistently, and the arguments are about where consistency stops being reasonable.

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