BBC WIN WIMBLEDON DISAGREEMENT ROW OVER ANDY MURRAY AFTER EMERGENCY TALKS TO FIND SOLUTION
The BBC have seemingly come out on top in talks with the All England Club over scheduling Andy Murray's doubles match with Jamie with the clash scheduled for Thursday on Centre Court.
The three-time major champion has strongly indicated that this will be his last entry into Wimbledon before retirement.
He was forced to withdraw from the singles draw on Tuesday as he felt unable to compete against Tomas Machac.
But Murray confirmed that he would still play in the men's doubles draw along with brother Jamie.
It was also later announced that he would be teaming up with Emma Raducanu in the mixed doubles.
But when the Murray brothers would take to the court became a contention point between the All England Club and the BBC.
According to the Telegraph, crunch talks were being held on Wednesday with the two organisations in disagreement on when to have the match schedule.
It was claimed that the All England Club wanted the match to be played on Friday to gave Murray more time to recover from the back surgery he underwent last week.
The BBC, however, are said to have wanted the match to be held on Thursday to avoid it potentially clashing with its coverage of Portugal vs France in their Euro 2024 quarter-final.
It appears as though the BBC have prevailed now with the order of play on both Centre Court and Court No 1 being released for Thursday.
Jacob Fearnley will kick things off on Centre Court in his blockbuster contest against Novak Djokovic.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek will play her first match on Wimbledon's biggest stage this year in her second-round tie against Petra Martic.
Then the Murray brothers will finish things off on Centre Court against Australian duo Rinky Hijikata and John Peers.
It also means that British No 1s Katie Boulter and Jack Draper will have to make do with playing on Court One.
Both are involved in all-British affairs against Harriet Dart and Cam Norrie respectively.
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Alexander Zverev's match against Marcos Giron will be last on Court One.
Both the BBC and the All England Club will have another tough decision to make on Friday when Murray and Raducanu are expected to start their mixed doubles campaign.
The 21-year-old may end up playing twice that day if she makes it through to the third round of the singles draw.
2024-07-03T15:14:18Z dg43tfdfdgfd