The Great British Summer conjures up images of rainy days primarily but the tennis championships are usually one of the highlights too.

In typical British fashion, we pin all our hopes on the tennis players from the UK only to have them cruelly dashed as we munch on our strawberries – the quintessential Wimbledon accompaniment.

Now, a tennis fan has been appointed the first ever poet at the tournament.

Matt Harvey, who has already written his first poem, called Grandest of Slams, as Championships Poet 2010, said he was thrilled to achieve the accolade.

Hopefully, Mr Harvey will be penning some poems about strawberries this summer.

Strawberries may epitomise a day in the British countryside but they can also give your body some nifty perks.

They’re rich in vitamin C and A. Vitamin C helps boost your immune system and just general all-round health, while vitamin A aids cell reproduction, which can be great if you catch a bit too much sun while watching the tennis.

Commenting on his prestigious title, Mr Harvey joked: "It’s an honour, and I’m acutely conscious it’s the only time I’ll come first in anything at Wimbledon, unless you count the queue for strawberries."

So, we’ll all wait with bated breath for the first strawberry-related poem that Mr Harvey writes.

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