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Not long ago, you could trundle into Wimbledon midway through the day and watch top tennis for the price of a cheap night out. These days, you need to queue for days and mortgage your house for an outside court. What makes a British tennis fan now? Find out below:

Only ever watch Wimbledon – and that’s just for the 15 minutes it takes for every Brit except Murray to get knocked out.

Refer to all the top players by their first names even though they’d give you a powerful backhand into the face if you got near them.

Be one of the only people in Britain who sees a man wearing a tracksuit in a court and isn’t reminded of their dad.

Realise that despite the fact you’ve only watched it on telly you’re now Britain’s number six.

Laugh so hard a bit of wee comes out because a pigeon lands on the court.

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‘We must have had 99 per cent of the game. It was the other 3 per cent that cost us the match.’

Ruud Gullit explaining a defeat