Sentence examples for courts dry from inspiring English sources

But it probably won't be part of Wimbledon by the time the grass wears down and the courts dry out in the second week.

Spring is responsible for 180 ground staff, most of them local university students or graduates, who are responsible for keeping Wimbledon's 19 competition courts, and 20 or so practice courts, dry throughout the championships.

As it turns out, college basketball wasn't looking any more brilliant either this weekend with its games on aircraft carriers, an idea that was cute at first and became a fruitless exercise in keeping courts dry, Jeff Eisenberg writes on Yahoo.com.

— JIM LUTTRELL The courts dried and ready for play, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have conducted their pre-match interviews with Mary Joe Fernandez on C.B.S., and have walked onto the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium to begin warming up for their semifinal "I've always been successful here.

"It's not about getting court drying down from 20 minutes to 15 minutes," Kantarian said.

The rain is not as steady as it was, but the court-drying process has not yet begun.

The roof was closed, the court dried off and a little more than 50 minutes later the Russian returned transformed.

To decrease the damper caused by the rain, the U.S.T.A. has turned to advanced technology: electrically powered court-drying machines, 38 in all, will be used for the first time at the tournament.

By 10 a.m., fans filtered into the grounds, where the courts were dry enough for players to resume hitting.

During the first few days of this year's French Open, the courts were dry and played fast, but rain and cooler weather slowed the action.

The rain has been mostly of the pesky mist variety but it has prevented the courts from drying.