Andy Murray´s Wimbledon comeback in the doubles will likely be scheduled on a major show court for safety reasons, All England Club chief executive Richard Lewis said Monday.The two-time Wimbledon champion and British home favourite, coming back from major hip resurfacing surgery, is easing his way back towards a possible singles return by playing doubles.Wimbledon normally schedules three singles matches per day on the main show courts, and Murray, who has teamed up with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, will have to slot in afterwards whenever the singles are finished."It depends what other matches are on and how certain you are they will finish on time," said Lewis.Murray will almost certainly be put on either Centre Court or Court One to start with -- simply down to the security risk of marching him through thousands of fans to one of the lesser courts.Wimbledon is the only one of the four Grand Slams where the men´s doubles is disputed over five sets but the tournament has no plans to fall into line with the rest.Wimbledon uses its own formula for seeding -- taking into greater account players´ performances on grass -- leaving Rafael Nadal fuming about being seeded third, behind old rival Roger Federer, rather than at number two as per his world ranking.The roof on the 12,000-capacity Court One is now ready to be deployed after three years´ work -- but may not be used as the weather forecast is looking good.This year Wimbledon is introducing a tie-break in the final set at 12-12, following some marathon encounters in recent years that have gone way further.Last year, Kevin Anderson and John Isner played out a six-hour, 36-minute semi-final, the second longest match in tournament history which was decided at 26-24 in the final set.Wimbledon also has no plans to go for on-court coaching.
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