Novak Djokovic uses Nick Kyrgios example in request to Wimbledon as 'talks' held

Novak Djokovic wants Wimbledon to follow through on 'talks' that he's heard are taking place on bringing forward the start time of Centre Court and Court One play after his clash with Tim van Rijthoven finished just minutes before the curfew. Wimbledon have stuck to tradition over the years, starting play on the main two courts at 1pm and 1.30pm respectively.

On the outside courts, play starts at 11am, meaning most matches are all finished by early evening. But Wimbledon's centenary celebration for Centre Court on the first middle Sunday where games were played at the major saw the first match delayed until after 2pm.

Heather Watson didn't step out onto court until 2.08pm and that had a knock-on effect throughout the day. Djokovic was scheduled last on Centre with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner going deep into the night and the No 1 seed didn't start play until around 8pm.

That left just three hours for the match to be done and dusted before the strict 11pm curfew in place at Wimbledon, which could have seen play stopped and restarted on Monday. Thankfully for the six-time Wimbledon champion, he was able to wrap his win up just in time to avoid that scenario.

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