Wimbledon 2014

I guess it'll be a busy day on Monday then.

One thing which does annoy me during rain is how quickly they resort to archive footage when there is so much footage from recent days they could show. Initially they did that with the Dimitrov match from last night but then as soon as it looked like they'd be play they rushed through to reveal the final result despite it being pretty obvious they'd likely be further interuptions so they'd have had the chance to go back to it. Instead they ended up reshowing a Federer v Nadal match from a previous tournament.

P.S. Also quite ironic on the one day they went to air prior to the 11.30am start that they had no tennis to show at 11.30am when they've probably missed two and a half hours of live tennis over the week by chatting for that first half hour. The Murray doc was a wise choice as a substitute though - and they let it play out without constant reminders it was raining so there was no live play.

It seemed odd to show that Federer-Nadal match (08 final I think), when Nadal was playing under the roof over on BBC One!

This is turning out to be a lovely half hour for BBC Sport. Serena beaten on Two, Brazil into penalties on One.

EDIT: and, following the extensive rain delay earlier, BBC Two staying with the live tennis so Today at Wimbledon is looking unlikely.

Thankfully with the Wimbledon date switch, this rights permitting, will be the last Glastonbury clash too.

Talking of which do we know if Queens will remain two weeks ahead of Wimbledon or will it remain the week after the French Open. Would also be good for both tournaments if it no longer clashed with Halle.

2015 ATP calendar shows:
Weeks 21-22 (commencing 25 May) Roland Garros
Week 23 (’s-Hertogenbosch and Stuttgart)
Week 24 Queens (and Halle)
Week 25 Nottingham
Weeks 26-27 (commencing 29 June) Wimbledon

Eastbourne becomes a WTA event only in week 25

So the LTA don't really take advantage.

Murray 2nd on Centre on Monday after a ladies match, so will almost certainly clash with the World Cup game so be banished to BBC2.

And 4.6m watching the BBC1 coverage last night, with 1.6m watching The One Show on BBC2. Although the Murray match would have got less on BBC2 I can't help but think that the combined audience for BBC1 and BBC2 would have been greater had they stuck to the schedule.

Had things turned out the way I'm sure the Beeb were hoping, Murray would have been on court around 2.30pm. So potentially done and dusted before the football.

But thanks to the good old Wimbledon weather, Murray will only start around 3.45pm so the majority of the match will be on BBC Two.

Unless of course they shift the football onto Two . . .

Wouldn't put it past the Murray-loving BBC.

Football moving to Two was a long shot. There are, however, Murray pointers appearing underneath the scorebar on BBC One.

If, somehow, Anderson makes a dramatic comeback and the match is still ongoing at 7.10pm, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the tennis moves to One . . .

Or if a set goes to a tie break like the Bjorg v McEnroe one in 1980!

Seriously though, could BBC three be utilised for any action after 7pm from Wimbledon, especially if there's an evening the world cup is on BBC1, and there's a big match on BBC2?