Centre Court start time snub: Wimbledon set to reject calls from Djokovic and Murray to make historic change after heavy criticism

Wimbledon authorities are set to reject calls from the likes of current world number two Novak Djokovic and three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray to make changes to the matches' start time at the Centre Court.

The 2023 edition of the mega-event has been affected immensely because of the poor, especially early on when authorities had to reschedule more than 25 matches at one time.

Despite such radical steps, the management decided to unchanged the matches' start time at the Centre Court, which led to criticism from different quarters.

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The defending champion Djokovic as well as the former world number one Murray also called for a change of the start of Centre Court matches which usually began at 1 PM, especially considering there was an 11 PM curfew rule in place which led to some of the matches being postponed for the night and were completed the next day.

However, as per the latest report by the Daily Mirror, Wimbledon authorities are not ready to make any such changes and the schedule next year is likely to be the same.

The report further stated that the management is unwilling to accept any such demand as it will have an impact on their broadcast deals.

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Murray was perhaps one of the most affected players because of such rule as his second-round fixture against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas was halted because of a curfew at a time when the former world number one was in full swing and was leading with two sets to one.

However, the game turned upside down the next day as the current world number five ended up securing a win in five sets with a score of 7-6, 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4.

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