Andy and Jamie Murray stress Wimbledon chiefs after Djokovic match stopped
Andy and Jamie Murray have piled the stress on Wimbledon chiefs to change the timings on the All England Club after Novak Djokovic fell foul of the night curfew on Sunday night time. The Serb moved right into a two-set lead over Hubert Hurkacz of their fourth-round assembly on Centre Court however the umpire was pressured to cease play earlier than 11pm because of the strict guidelines in place at SW19.
It got here after Andy Murray discovered himself in the same state of affairs towards Stefanos Tsitsipas earlier within the match simply after the Scot had taken a slim one-set lead over his Greek opponent. The stoppage resulted in Murray shedding the momentum he had gained over the course of the night earlier than ultimately shedding to Tsitsipas in 5 units the subsequent day.
Murray has since hinted that he want to see adjustments made to the timings of play with the goal of fixing the problems posed by the present 11pm curfew. He retweeted an article by The Times on Sunday night time calling for Wimbledon chiefs to scrap 1.30pm begins by shifting every thing again no less than an hour, which might assist to get matches performed earlier than the nightly cut-off level.
Jamie Murray additionally threw his assist behind the suggestion by poking enjoyable at Djokovic’s match being suspended in a direct reply to the unique tweet. He merely wrote: “Another night. Confirmed.”
The Wimbledon curfew has been in place since 2009, when Centre Court’s roof opened for the primary time, with the measures being launched by Merton Council with a purpose to receive planning permission for the roof. There are usually no exceptions to the curfew however it was pushed again barely in 2012 when Andy Murray defeated Marcos Baghdatis with the clock putting 11.02pm.
Murray was left pissed off when his match towards Tsitsipas was halted by the umpire final week with 20 minutes remaining till the official cut-off level. Boos rang out round Centre Court when the choice was introduced, whereas Murray additionally appeared to be sad and was heard asking match referee Gerry Armstong: “Why?”
Many followers on Twitter went on to counsel that Murray would have overwhelmed Tsitsipas if the match had not been stopped and resumed the next day, with @kamal_1111 posting: “You guys literally cost Murray the match. For God’s sake, we are not playing Test match cricket where you come the next day and continue. Get your things together.”
@TheTennisTalker stated: “I blame the Wimbledon curfew. Murray would have won last night,” whereas @LEACH_96 added: “He has the match won last night! The rules screwed him.”
Murray, nevertheless, later admitted that it was the appropriate name to cease the match after three units as there was no time to finish a probably decisive fourth set earlier than the 11pm curfew.
“I didn’t necessarily think it was appropriate to keep going, because it was highly unlikely we’d finish the match unless someone was to win the set,” stated Murray. “Sorry, it was unlikely someone was going to win that set in 20 minutes or 19 minutes, whatever we had left to play. It seemed like a reasonable time to stop.”