Spectators left waiting up to 10 hours to enter site as championships draw largest opening day crowd since 2015
Wimbledon has apologised and taken urgent measures to address chaos in the entry queue on Monday, after fans complained of extreme waits and a lack of communication before the start of the tennis championships.
The south-west London event drew 42,815 spectators on Monday, the largest crowd since 2015, compared with 36,603 on the opening day of 2022. Michelle Dite, the operations director at Wimbledon, said 11,500 had joined the queue on Monday and the large attendance plus extra security measures had slowed entry into the grounds.