Former world number one
Andy Murray has supported the idea of
better scheduling for
Wimbledon next year.
The 36-year-old was knocked out from the mega-event after
suffering a heartbreaking defeat against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in a
five-set thriller with a score of 7-6, 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the second round.
In that match, Murray was leading at one stage with two sets
to one as the game came to a halt because of the 11 PM curfew.
The next day, Tsitsipas made a great comeback and won back-to-back
sets to cement his spot in the round of 32.
Murray retweeted a tweet from Stuart Fraser, who is The
Times tennis correspondent, seemingly endorsing scraping of the later start rule
for the Centre Court at Wimbledon from next year.
"Scrap the 1:30pm starts! On another evening where the
11pm curfew could come into play, it's time for Wimbledon organisers to realise
what a misguided decision it was to move back the Centre Court start time.
Should be at least an hour earlier next year,"
Fraser tweeted.
Even before Murray’s exit and after his departure from the
competition, authorities stuck with the late start rule for the Centre Court despite
the tournament being affected by poor weather in particular.
At one stage, the administration had to find a way to accommodate the rescheduling of more than 25 matches affected because of rain.