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GET YOUR KIT ON: TENNIS:Wimbledon may be over, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to put your racquet away. With more floodlighting, better courts and lower costs, Emmet Maloneserves up some great reasons to take up tennis

WHILE RAFA Nadal and Serena Williams move out of southwest London and wait for their winners’ cheques to clear, rather less accomplished players across Europe, the US and beyond will continue to get out on courts, car parks or roads trying to recreate the magic they’ve witnessed by their newly acquired tennis heroes.