Another sell-out day at the Queen’s Club. Photograph: Yersinia/Flickr

The 48-hour Underground strike may have paralysed central London and left millions of commuters stranded at bus stops, but you wouldn’t have known it by the attendance at either one of the major sports events in the capital city on Wednesday.

It has been business as usual at the Aegon Championships, the tune-up tennis tournament being held at the Queen’s Club in west London this week, where thousands of fans descended to watch some of the world’s best players.

“To be honest, the Tube strike didn’t affect attendance yesterday at all,” said David Law, the media director of the Aegon Championships.

Law said that a combination of adequate notification and the Club’s location – just a four minute walk from Baron’s Court station and with a myriad different bus routes – allowed the tournament to avoid the general chaos that engulfed most of central London on Wednesday.

“We informed people on our website 10 days in advance about the strike, so I think people were prepared for it,” he said. “Plus, the early rain delay yesterday allowed some late-comers to get into their seats before tennis resumed.”

“The Nicolas Mahut – Marin Cilic match before Andy Murray yesterday was packed to the rafters,” said Law. “There wasn’t a spare seat in the house.”

Law didn’t anticipate any problems as the third round resumed on Thursday: “The tournament has been a sell-out event every year recently, and this year’s been no different.”

While the turnout for last night’s World Cup qualifier match at Wembley Stadium between England and Andorra was by no means a sell-out, fears over a potential lockout at the game due to the strike were mostly unfounded.

Nearly 58,000 fans attended the match at Wembley – the lowest attendance since the rebuilt stadium opened in 2007, according to the Associated Press, but a respectable figure given the circumstances.

“This was a great result for England. I am delighted that we were able to help so many fans get to and from the game safely,” said transport chief Peter Hendy in a statement.

“I also want to thank fans for their patience and for acting on advice to allow extra time for their journeys and making special efforts themselves,” he said.

While the strike shut down the vast majority of the Tube network, London Underground had trains running on both the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines serving Wembley Park – and replacement bus services back to central London following the match.