Wimbledon 2022

[James2001]

Wimbledon organisers have decided to move both Ladies semi finals to Centre Court with the one mens semi final sandwiched in between.

Seems like a sensible decision considering the circumstance.

Though I do wonder if they should have allowed Fritz to play against Kyrigos instead. As you said before, he really shouldn't have played the quarter final to begin with, knowing how much pain he was in and the unlikelihood he'd be able to to fit to play the semi even though he got through the quarter.

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The BBC and other broadcasters can show whatever matches they like from the schedule, for example Polsat in Poland showed invitational doubles involving Agnieszka Radwanska instead of Djokovic vs Sinner QF on Tuesday.

Not sure if I've ever seen the BBC ever show an invitational match on the main BBC1 or 2 feeds though. The year I was there (I think in 2016) and saw an invitational match that they put on after the other matches finished early, half the cameras that had been used during the main matches were left unattended, so they certainly aren't seen as much of a priority from a broadcast perspective anyway.

The whole thing was so silly, with players taking the oversized novelty balls from people in the crowd to play with, hitting the ball while sitting in chairs, getting the umpire down to play etc., I can't see it being something the BBC would ever show as part of their main coverage. Very enjoyable to watch in person though, of course.

That was a day when Today at Wimbledon didn't make it on air as well, as Murray was playing on Centre Court until late. We saw Clare Balding in the outside studio (would have been the first year they used that studio- the previous year was the infamous Wimbledon2Day) getting ready for the show, then walking out and down the path when they knew it wasn't going to happen.