![]() ![]() Novak Djokovic and Hubert Hurkacz will return tomorrow with the Serbian leading 2-0 in sets #Wimbledon /wnCw8x26Dw- Wimbledon July 9, 2023ĬOVERAGE WOES : In London, Alan Tyers writes the BBC coverage of Wimbledon is “leading to some awful TV for sports fans.” The BBC coverage is “far inferior to that on Eurosport and Amazon Prime Video,” whose presenters, pundits and producers are “plugging away year round.” The network’s offering “seems to be frightened of getting too involved with the actual tennis for fear of alienating some putative casual fan.” Tyers notes analysis, challenge, insight and debate have “all been left by the side of the road this year for a chummy, participation-medal affair, wasting the talents of some of the excellent broadcasters involved” ( London TELEGRAPH, 7/10). ![]() depending on the length of the two matches before.” Novak Djokovic did not start his match against Hubert Hurkacz until 8:41pm and “could win no more than two sets before play was suspended at 10:35pm because of Merton Council’s approaching 11pm curfew.” Wimbledon risks “losing considerable ground in the battle to be considered the greatest of grand slams.” Fraser wrote “having watched and heard the reaction of international visitors to the delays and late finishes” throughout the first week, the All England Club is “in danger of significant reputational damage” ( London TIMES, 7/9). Wimbledon organizers “pandered to the BBC two years ago by changing the Centre Court start time and introducing 20-minute breaks between matches.” This was done to “improve the chances of play extending into the evening for a prime-time audience without introducing a specific night session.” As “good as this may be for television viewers” it is becoming a “source of serious frustration in the locker room.” Players scheduled in the third slot on Centre Court are “left hanging around because of the possibility their match could start at any point from 4 p.m. ![]() The decision in 2021 to move back Wimbledon’s start of play on the main stadium court by half an hour was “misguided, creating all sorts of scheduling issues that are threatening to compromise the integrity of these championships,” according to Stuart Fraser of the LONDON TIMES. ![]()
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