{"id":1435,"date":"2015-07-06T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T17:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2015-07-10T17:56:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:56:04","slug":"the-first-week-of-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/the-first-week-of-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"The first week of Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maria Bueno poses in front of a Wimbledon courtesy car<\/p><\/div>\n

Maria is immersed in The Championships at Wimbledon and as the second week begins, she comments on the first week of play there.<\/p>\n

Wimbledon sweltered in the hottest day’s play ever recorded at The Championships, when temperatures hit 35.7 degrees Celsius (96.3 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a heatwave and it brought back memories for me of that unbelievably hot summer here in 1976,\u201d Maria recalls. \u201cAlthough I come from Brazil and love the hot weather, I almost got sunstroke out on the Centre Court!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was competing, my opponents hated having to play me in hot conditions because the balls felt lighter, flew more and suited my game. They would rather have played me under a grey, damp sky!<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s Wimbledon was following the form book until the German qualifier, Dustin Brown, set the tournament alight when he knocked out two-time champion Rafael Nadal in the second round on Thursday,\u201d commented Maria.<\/p>\n