Wimbledon to scrap traditional middle Sunday rest day from 2022

The All England Club is confident the grass can hold up to 14 days of play (Adam Davy/PA)

Wimbledon is taking the unusual step of breaking with tradition by scrapping its day of rest on the middle Sunday of the tournament from 2022.

Wimbledon is currently the only grand slam that has a day off during the fortnight but this provides scheduling challenges, particularly when there is bad weather in the first week, and denies the All England Club what would be guaranteed to be a lucrative day of ticket sales.