7/01/2007

What and How Much is SERVED* at Wimbledon Each Year

300,000 cups of tea and coffee 250,000 bottles of water 190,000 sandwiches 150,000 bath buns, scones, pasties and doughnuts 150,000 glasses of Pimm's 135,000 ice creams 130,000 lunches are served 100,000 pints of draught beer and lager 60,000 Dutchees 40,000 char-grilled meals served 30,000 meals for FMC's own staff. 30,000 portions of fish and chips 30,000 litres of milk 28,000 kilos (112,000 punnets) of English strawberries 23,000 bananas 22,000 slices of pizza 20,000 portions of frozen yoghurt 17,000 bottles of champagne 12,000 kilos of poached salmon and smoked salmon 7,000 litres of dairy cream Today at Centre Court Women's doubles championship Play begins at 7 a.m. ET • Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (2), South Africa, vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Amelie Mauresmo, France Men's singles championship Not before 9 a.m. ET • Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, vs. Andy Roddick (2), United States Mixed doubles championship • Pairings TBD *in case that pun wasn't glaring enough

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