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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...plant that could withstand the wear of the modern game. Grass surfaces that could put up with lightfooted gents in trousers - like Fred Perry, the Englishman who dominated Wimbledon in the 1930s - couldn't as easily endure the exertions of, say, 6-ft.-6-in. (1.98 m) Max Mirnyi, a.k.a. the Beast from Belarus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Wimbledon, It's the Grass Stupid | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

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