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Amid the relentless rain and near permanent closure of the main courts’ roofs, it was the BBC’s pronunciation unit that managed to add a touch of Mediterranean sunshine to Wimbledon’s grey proceedings. Out went last year’s men’s singles winner, Alcaraz, and in his place came Al Carath, a more authentically Castilian rendering of the Spaniard’s name.