![]() ![]() It took him and Djokovic one hour and 46 minutes to play two sets, with both extending to tiebreaks. Earlier on, Andrey Rublev’s five-set battle set the schedule back on Centre Court, and big-serving Hurkacz was always going to pose a time-keeping problem. On Monday Djokovic and Hurkacz will resume their battle as the second match scheduled on Centre Court, which now has a total of four to squeeze in. The suspension of play was booed by the Centre Court crowd, and it will raise further questions about Wimbledon organisers’ staunch refusal to bring forward the start time on its main arena.Ĭurrently it is the last court to begin play each day at 1:30pm, half an hour after No 1 Court and two-and-a-half hours after the outside courts. But this was a very predictable scenario, as the players did not begin the match until 8:50pm. ![]() The reigning champion did not put up a fight, nor did his Polish opponent Hubert Hurkacz. Novak Djokovic was blocked from completing his match on Sunday night, after the Wimbledon curfew caught up with Centre Court for the second time this week.Īt 10:34pm, Djokovic had just clinched the second set tiebreak to take a 2-0 lead in this fourth round match when tournament referee Gerry Armstrong strode onto court to suspend play. ![]()
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