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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tumaini Carayol

Sell-out crowds and joy: how Queen’s Club women’s tournament outshone the men

Serena Williams practises at Queen’s Club
Serena Williams at Queen’s Club was a real coup for the tournament. Photograph: Paul Harding/Getty Images

One of the more amusing sights at the Queen’s Club tournament each year comes before even entering the grounds. On the first day of play on Monday, a deluge of spectators invariably descend on Barons Court station, just 150 metres from the entrance.

So many people passing through a tiny London Underground station naturally means long queues at the barriers. That congestion is not helped by many of them pausing comically in front of the gates to search frantically for their bank cards or try desperately to unlock their phones.

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