21 April 2009

BBC to broadcast tennis legends return to Wimbledon for Centre Court roof celebrations

BBC Sport will provide live coverage of Wimbledon’s Centre Court Celebration which will launch the new Centre Court roof, on BBC2, Sunday 17th May, 3.30pm – 5.00pm.

Tennis stars Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters and Tim Henman will play a combination of men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles for an increased capacity crowd under the new Centre Court roof.

Sue Barker will present live from Wimbledon with Andrew Castle and John Lloyd providing expert commentary on the matches. 

Extended live coverage of the matches, as well as live music from Katherine Jenkins, Faryl Smith and Blake will be available on the BBC Red Button and BBC Online www.bbc.co.uk/tennis  between 2.30pm and 6.00pm.