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Australian Pat Cash started the tradition of climbing onto the roof of the commentary box when he celebrated his Wimbledon title in 1987.

So what does he think about the new gate installed on Centre Court? "That's really taking the challenge out of it," Cash told BBC Radio 5 live.

"If they're fit enough to win Wimbledon, I think they should climb up or have some other sort of challenge. It's way too easy now!"

Earlier, we brought you news of a new gate which has been constructed on Centre Court to allow players better access up to the players' box, rather than having to climb onto the commentary box roof.

Here are some more of your suggestions of names for the new gate.

James Hills:, external "Spearing's gate" after 40 years of service for black-panama-hat-wearing David Spearing infamously stewarding the Players box.

Jude Selvanayagam:, external The gate should be called endurance gate. Players that endure two weeks of tennis walk that path.

John McEnerney:, external "The celebrate gate".

The net is up on Centre Court with seats starting to fill up as we approach the start of play. Novak Djokovic, the top seed, takes on Gilles Simon at 13:00 BST. The pair have played each other seven times, with Djokovic winning their last six meetings.

Tim Henman
Former British number one on BBC TV

"Perhaps seven or eight weeks ago, there were question marks about Andy Murray's title defence. But the French Open was a big stepping stone for him, to come through a couple of five set wins that gave him a good foundation and we are seeing here so far he is looking very good, so long may that continue."

Britain's Andy Murray will be in action at around 17:00 BST on Centre Court, he's third match on against Roberto Bautista Agut. The Brit is due to the practice courts in around half and hour.

Fabio Fognini has made an early breakthrough in his encounter against Kevin Anderson on court 17, the Italian breaking the South African's serve to lead 3-1.

We're going with serve on court two with third seed Simona Halep trailing 2-3 against Lesia Tsurenko.

The sun is out at SW19 as Britain's Andy Murray strolls in and heads straight for Aorangi Pavilion to prepare for his practice session.

Have you got a burning question for 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash? Well this is your chance! The Australian will be doing a Q&A on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external just after 12:45 BST.

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There's a very interesting match up on court three as former world number one Caroline Wozniacki takes on 16-year-old qualifier Ana Konjuh of Croatia.

It's been an impressive run for Konjuh, who arrived at Wimbledon having played just four professional matches on grass. She's the youngest player in the draw and has already netted herself a cool £71,000 in prize money for reaching the third round.

She won the 2013 US Open girls' title, has previously held the number one junior ranking and only made her WTA tour debut in Auckland earlier this year, where she beat top seed Roberta Vinci in the first round before losing in the next round.

Earlier, we brought you news of a new gate which has been constructed on Centre Court to allow players better access up to the players' box, rather than having to climb onto the commentary box roof.

Here are a few of your suggestions of names for the new gate.

Andrew McMichael:, external The new Wimbledon gate should be termed 'The Gate Of Hugs' or affectionately 'Huggy'.

The Donkistador:, external Has to be the gate of glory!

Peter Dudley:, external The new gate by the players box should be named 'cashgate' after Pat Cash started the craze off.

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Players are starting to stream out onto the outside courts so we should be under way shortly. Don't forget you can watch one of 12 live streams via the Live Coverage tab at the top of the page.

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On the outside courts, it would be worth bagging a seat on court 17 as South African Kevin Anderson, the 20th seed, takes on the volatile Italian Fabio Fognini, the 16th seed,

Fognini, who has led Italy to the Davis Cup semi-finals following victory over Argentina and Great Britain, is bidding to become only the fifth Italian man in the open era to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon.

There's a distinctly British flavour to court 10's schedule today, with at least one British player in action in each of the four doubles matches.

Jonathan Marray is first up in the men's doubles, with Naomi Broady, who lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the singles', following in the women's doubles.

Third on is the British duo of Colin Fleming and Jocelyn Rae in the mixed, with Broady returning for some more action along side compatriot Neal Skupski in match four.

Pleasingly, it's a sea of green around the grounds. The covers are now off with nets being rolled out and the umpire's chair pushed onto court. The sound of ball pinging off strings might not be too far away.

BBC Weather's Carol Kirkwood: "I rather suspect the covers are going to be on and off all the time for the next couple of hours. The showers will be light but from 1-3 we can expect some more heavy and prolonged ones.

"But after 3 the sun will come out, the showers will diminish, leading to a lovely dry evening possibly up to 20 degrees. Into next week things will be pretty hunky dory."

Tim Henman
Former British number one on BBC TV

"It's going to be a waiting game. When you've been playing all over the world it happens. But the players have plenty of space in the locker rooms, it's probably the public we sympathise with waiting up there on the hill."

The covers are off! I repeat, the covers are off!

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That's one way of keeping dry, I suppose, and it saves on having to carry an umbrella...

Daniel Barnard:, external Come on Andy Murray! Hope you win today. Looking good after the first two. Loved your interview with hacker the dog.

Denise:, external No football today after watching it everyday for two weeks. Good job Wimbledon's on. Or it would be a no sport situation.

The iconic image of watching players clamber up onto the commentary box roof to reach their loved ones in the players' box - as Andy Murray did last year - will be no more.

BBC Radio 5 live are reporting that organisers have constructed a special gate to make the trip less tricky.

The gate needs a name, so fire over your thoughts using #bbctennis hashtag, text 81111 (UK only) or leave a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page.