81. After days of rain, the sun broke through and the retractable roof on a center court was opened. 82. All three matches were played beneath the closed retractable roof as rain snapped a three-day heat wave. 83. After days of rain, the sun broke through and the retractable roof on a center court built to resemble the one at Wimbledon was opened. 84. Also discarded, for financial and aesthetic reasons, were suggestions they add a retractable roof. 85. Because of the threat of rain, the retractable roof was closed for the second game in a row. 86. Both matches were played beneath the closed retractable roof as rain snapped a three-day heat wave. 87. Building a ballpark without a retractable roof, a less costly plan considered briefly this week, was eliminated as an option early Thursday, Dombrowski said. 88. But the center court has a retractable roof and it was much in use Tuesday as intermittent rain hit the event. 89. Center court at Halle, built to resemble Wimbledon, has a retractable roof. 90. Crowds in Seattle know the ball carries farther when the retractable roof is closed, and it was shut this time with light rain falling at gametime. |