The BBC Sport "Ask Me Anything" team put a selection of readers' questions about playing at Wimbledon to Jamie Murray, the former mixed doubles champion who won the title in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic and in 2017 with Martina Hingis. Rather than a news event, the article is a light-hearted Q&A drawing on Murray's first-hand experience of the game's practicalities, from equipment rules to how players cope with sunny conditions.

Murray explains that most racquets are 27 inches long, with a maximum permitted length of 29 inches that few, if any, players approach. He notes that heat makes tennis balls fly faster and bounce more livelily, which is why players sift through three or four balls before serving to find the newest, smoothest one. On other queries, he says players usually take their bags home after Grand Slams and wear standard rather than custom-made shoes, that all players apply sunscreen in the locker room beforehand (often wearing a cap to avoid it dripping into their eyes), and that he wore sunglasses for 13 years and is puzzled that more players do not, given today's high lens quality.