‘It makes water wetter’: How Wimbledon keeps grass green in soaring temperatures

Special soil spray is used to increase amount of water grass can absorb to prevent courts from drying out

A special chemical is being used at Wimbledon to make water wetter" to try to reduce water bills and tackle rising temperatures.

As the championship welcomed rain on Wednesday after opening with scorching temperatures, Neil Stubley, Wimbledon's head of courts and horticulture, said the tournament uses a soil spray to adjust the amount of water a plant root system can absorb.