Tennis players create need for beds in Wimbledon
09/06/2011
Finding a bed in Wimbledon as the famous tennis tournament is taking place can be a difficult task, especially if people want to be especially close to the action.
Hotels in the leafy suburb are somewhat lacking, meaning players and spectators alike are left searching for somewhere to rest their head for a night or two.
This demand has been partly met by Tennis London, a firm that specialises in offering beds in private houses to players, who will not have to walk far to get to the tournament.
Katharine Rowe is the brains behind the project, Reuters reports, as she escapes Wimbledon in favour of somewhere a little quieter during the two-week competition.
"We once had a player who used to like to have a very large bed and...every year we had to put in a super king and had to take out the windows to get the bed in," she told the news agency.
Posted by Michael Ewing
