Dunno why people talk about filling the centre court...the tickets are sold out WAY before anyone knows who is playing (and when) on CC, so it's not about getting a marquee name to play and fill CC on that particular day...I had CC tix last year, didn't know until the schedule who I'd get to see. It's not like buying a gig ticket where you need a big name to fill the arena, or a festival headliner! And did Fed losing in R2 in 2013 to Stakhovsky harm attendances, or Nadal going out early (twice)? Of course not, as the tickets are long gone, QF'S, SF's and final tix sold out way in advance. I'm British and I'd rather see a decent match if I have CC tickets than watch Fed rolling over two opponents who didn't have a prayer of winning, just because they're British, and Murray doing likewise to another Brit. Fact is, Nick K and Lopez had to come back and finish yesterday after playing 2 sets on Sat, and Nick has to play again today.
CC on Sat was finished quite early due to Halep, Murray and Raonic winning quickly.Talk about all being potential straight setters too (which they were). Are Halep vs Bertens, Raonic vs Sock and Andy vs Millman marquee matches for CC? Raonic and Sock was moved to CC from Court 1. I know the argument is to finish on the court you start on, but couldn't Djok have been moved to CC rather than Sock/Raonic? Court changes have happened in the past. So CC was quiet, empty, done for the day on Sat and meanwhile on Court 1, you have Nick vs Lopez guaranteed NOT to finish as the rain delays that affected Djok's match obviously had a knock on effect on their match. So no chance for the paying punters to see the complete match UNLESS you fancy trekking back the next day, which is not always possible. Why not let it finish on an unused CC?! Also, no chance of a day off for the winner of that match either, due to playing Sat, Sun and then needing to play their next match on Monday too. And the winner of that match just so happens to be Murray's next opponent. It's not a conspiracy, but there seems to be an element of chicanery that goes on with the scheduling to stack the cards in favour. Crazy that all Fed had/has to do to reach a Slam QF is beat Willis, Evans and now Johnson. All on CC. With no worry of rain delays, stop/starting, or playing 2 or 3 days in a row.
CC on Sat was finished quite early due to Halep, Murray and Raonic winning quickly.Talk about all being potential straight setters too (which they were). Are Halep vs Bertens, Raonic vs Sock and Andy vs Millman marquee matches for CC? Raonic and Sock was moved to CC from Court 1. I know the argument is to finish on the court you start on, but couldn't Djok have been moved to CC rather than Sock/Raonic? Court changes have happened in the past. So CC was quiet, empty, done for the day on Sat and meanwhile on Court 1, you have Nick vs Lopez guaranteed NOT to finish as the rain delays that affected Djok's match obviously had a knock on effect on their match. So no chance for the paying punters to see the complete match UNLESS you fancy trekking back the next day, which is not always possible. Why not let it finish on an unused CC?! Also, no chance of a day off for the winner of that match either, due to playing Sat, Sun and then needing to play their next match on Monday too. And the winner of that match just so happens to be Murray's next opponent. It's not a conspiracy, but there seems to be an element of chicanery that goes on with the scheduling to stack the cards in favour. Crazy that all Fed had/has to do to reach a Slam QF is beat Willis, Evans and now Johnson. All on CC. With no worry of rain delays, stop/starting, or playing 2 or 3 days in a row.
