 "Marcus Willis, who came through the qualifiers last year, before losing to Roger Federer in the second round")
The brain has an amazing capacity for recognising faces. It can identify a face in a few thousandths of a second, form a first impression of its owner and retain the memory for decades. In the week before the start of Wimbledon’s main draw, the tournament’s qualifying matches are held three and a half miles away. But it might as well be a different world.
To preserve the lawns at the storied All England Club for the main fortnight of play, the qualifying rounds are relegated to the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton. The qualifying rounds, held here since
