Andy Murray wants to play his Wimbledon matches earlier during the day as he wants to see his children before bedtime.
The 36-year-old two-time Wimbledon champion is naturally someone the BBC would want to put in a primetime evening slot, given his iconic status in the coveted tournament.
The Scotsman explained that he "usually gets given the late shift".
"All the late matches end up being played under the roof," he told The Daily Mail. "I would like to play slightly earlier in the day if at all possible so I get to see the kids in the evening."
Murray has been married to wife Kim since 2015 and they have four children together: Sophia, seven, Edie, five, Teddy, three, and a two-year-old believed to be called Lola, who was born during lockdown. Gran Judy Murray wrote in The Scottish Daily Mail on 2021: "In March, I became a granny for the fourth time as Andy and Kim welcomed baby Lola, sister to Sophia, Edie and Teddy." The couple have never publicly revealed her name, though. Read more about Andy Murray's family, career and net worth here.
He also gave a purer tennis reason for his preference of afternoon slots, saying that the late slot often involves disruption with the roof having to be closed.
Murray played out a truly epic second-round match against number five seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Thursday evening, but the game was suspended at 10.39pm after he won the third set to put himself in to a 2-1 lead. Play cannot continue beyond 11pm due to local council rules, so that match will continue on Friday, July 7, after the conclusion of Carlos Alcaraz v Alexandre Muller.
