Wimbledon have told fans to stop coming down to the queue on opening day after enormous numbers of hopefuls descended in the hope of grabbing a ticket.
The famous Wimbledon queue was visibly heaving and it has been confirmed that 10,000 people were there by 8.30am. Some will have queued overnight but the early-morning rush is understood to have been partially caused by the rise in accessibility of e-bikes: it used to be the case that anyone on the first District Line tube of the day into Southfields station would be virtually guaranteed a ground pass ticket, but Lime bikes and
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