How to get into Wimbledon for as little as £18 as fans fume over empty seats

Wimbledon fans have been left frustrated after spotting empty seats on Centre Court this week.

Swathes of empty spaces have been seen on Centre Court throughout the competition so far, even for key matches including Andy Murray vs John Isner and Emma Raducanu vs Caroline Garcia.

Tickets for Centre Court have been in high demand and are tough to get hold of, so fans have been left dismayed to see so many seats sitting empty.

The All England Club has received a number of complaints and BBC presenter Sue Barker acknowledged the issue when she said there were "lots of empty seats" during Raducanu's second-round match on Wednesday.

Here's why there are so many empty seats at Wimbledon this year and how you can still get hold of a ticket cheaply.

Most of the empty seats that have been spotted at Centre Court are situated around the Royal Box, which is an area that's usually reserved for corporate guests as well as Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) members.

Those with hospitality tickets are able to drop in and out of matches and it's believed that the number of empty seats may down to those guests wining and dining rather than watching the tennis.

Paul Miller, founder of Eden Mill - the official gin partner to the LTA, said that hospitality tickets provide “the ability to be able to drop in and drop out of the tennis, see as much or as little as you want, and also in our case where we’re hosting a lot of guests – to be able to allow them to do as they wish”.

The Guardian reports that technical issues on the first two days of the championship also led to empty seats.

The glitches affected the re-sale of Centre Court tickets and meant that at one point, people at the front of the queue for Centre Court tickets were left