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Jacob Phillips

Wimbledon fans queue overnight in ‘unbearable’ heat on hottest day of the year

Spectators in the queue on day two of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships - (PA Wire)

Tennis fanatics have described how it would have been “easier to run a marathon” than queue for Wimbledon as they lined up overnight on the hottest day of the year.

Wimbledon nearly saw its hottest day ever as temperatures reached 34.2C by mid-afternoon on Tuesday, edging closer to the tournament’s record high of 35.7C set in 2015.

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