With defeats to Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter finally, it was set that there would be no British singles interest in the second week of Wimbledon which will delight some partly due to the coverage in the UK.

Andy Murray lost earlier in the week and other top Brits such as Harriet Dart, Dan Evans, Jodie Burrage and Heather Watson were given billing but to no avail.

Like the French Open, Brits are given top court billing over more established names as they try to unearth the next Murray or even Emma Raducanu story.

Dan Evans recently has been critical as has Jamie Murray about celebrating failure and the need to make British tennis more accessible.

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Remarks were slightly sniped down with Boulter winning Nottingham and Burrage making strides in both the East Midlands tournament and Eastbourne, but the conveyer belt still hasn't produced a player capable of reaching the second week.

Coverage of 'cheerleadery' Brit failure criticised

Journalist Stuart Fraser remarked that the tone of the BBC coverage to do with the British players was too 'cheerleadery'. As well as that experienced presenters are not favoured for the role despite being knowledgable.

"The overall tone of the BBC’s Wimbledon television coverage this year is far too cheerleadery. Needs a Roy Keane-style pundit to get stuck in. A shame also that some knowledgeable presenters and commentators (who cover tennis all year round) are sent to the outer rim."

This after a tweet which called out the BBC for continuously going on about players who can't even reach the second week.

"It would reflect far better on the BBC if they got anywhere near as giddy about UK golfers who routinely compete at the top of their sport as they do about tennis players who cannot make week two at Wimbledon. They’re doing the public and sport a disservice."

Knowledgeable presenters called for after Barker retirement

Many pointed to Catherine Whitaker who is on site for The Tennis Podcast who presents most tournaments of Amazon Prime's coverage alongside experienced pundits in Daniela Hantuchova, Greg Rusedski among others as well as Marcus Buckland as potential choices who would fill the knowledgable presenter role as was coined by Fraser.

This in a transitional year for the BBC who have Clare Balding as their new lead presenter after Sue Barker retired who was pictured getting a great reception yesterday on Centre Court.

A statistic which shows a problem with British tennis but also the coverage surrounding it.

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