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How science stops Wimbledon’s grass courts ‘stressing out’

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Whatever the weather at Wimbledon, the grass has to be perfect. Adam Rutherford headed to London's SW19 to find out how the ground staff are using scientific evidence to cultivate the courts. First broadcast on BBC Inside Science, 24 June 2016.

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