All England Club defends roof for Murray thriller

LONDON: The All England Club defended the use of the Center Court roof for Andy Murray's thrilling victory over Stanislas Wawrinka after the third seed had been less than complimentary about conditions under the new canopy.

Murray, who became the first player to win a complete match played in the enclosed arena, came off court after his epic five-set win over the Swiss saying conditions were humid and too little notice had been given to the players about the roof being closed.

"It's just tough as a player when you're kind of warming up, getting ready for the match outside and it's dry, and then obviously you get told you're playing under the roof," the Scot said after his 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over the 19th seed. "I think the decision, in my opinion, should be made sort of before that (preceding) match is finished so they can let the players know in a decent amount of time what conditions they're going to be playing under."