Viewers blamed Andy Murray for leaving the BBC to deal with a scheduling ‘nightmare’ as he opened his Wimbledon campaign with a win on Monday night, as Sherwood fans hit out at the lack of notice on it being moved.
Former champion and Olympic gold medal winner Murray was in action on Centre Court alongside James Duckworth, the 30-year-old Australian with a career seed high of 47th in the world. It was Duckworth who started stronger, leaving the home crowd feeling nervous as he took the first set 6-4.
With Andy one set down, it looked like the Wimbledon action on day one would continue well into the night, and with the BBC already moving The One Show and EastEnders onto BBC2 for the duration of the week, other programmers quickly followed suit as bosses made hasty changes to keep Murray in a primetime slot on BBC, as the roof was closed on Centre and Murray 2-1 up, with Tinie Tempah’s Extraordinary Potraits making the switch to the other side.
