BBC pull Novak Djokovic Wimbledon quarter-final from TV as angry viewers stunned
Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon quarter-final against Flavio Cobolli was not televised after the BBC made a controversial decision
Novak Djokovic in action at Wimbledon
Wimbledon viewers have been left angry and frustrated after the BBC were unable to show Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon quarter-final against Flavio Cobolli on BBC One or BBC Two. The channel were only able to broadcast on BBC Two on Wednesday afternoon due to the England v Netherlands Euro 2025 match being shown on BBC One.
It meant Jannik Sinner's match against Ben Shelton, which started shortly before, was picked for TV coverage, with legend Djokovic pushed onto the iplayer.
Host Clare Balding informed viewers the football would impact the number of matches that could be shown.
Viewers tuning in expecting to watch the Serbian legend take on the Italian 23-year-old were far from happy.
Djokovic is bidding to win a record 25th Grand Slam and is a huge TV draw.
One viewer said: "Amazing Novak Djokovic only available on the BBC Iplayer!!! Crazy This is one of the BBCs crown jewels."
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Others had issues even accessing the Djokovic match on the streaming service initially, with complains it was too hard to find.
"Once again @BBCiPlayer is useless!," said one. "You're not showing #Djokovic match. #Sinner match on two streams on iPlayer! You can forget your license fee. Absolute joke."
Another added: "You have the same game on twice on both of your iplayer red button Wimbledon games. The Djoković game isn't available on the 'match choice' as it's showing the Sinner game. Could you please fix this?"
Many more comments were posted on X, with another saying: "It would be good if we could actually watch the Djokovic v Cobolli QF, not on BBC and the link isn't working on iPlayer, just a continuous loop of sinner v Shelton, sort it out @BBC."
Meanwhile, The Queen and Peter Phillips sat among a host of famous faces from the world of acting, politics and sport on day 10 of Wimbledon.
Phillips was joined in the Royal Box at the championships by his partner Harriet Sperling, and did not sit with Camilla, who was accompanied by her sister Annabel Elliot.
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Also watching Novak Djokovic play Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-final were British actors Hugh Grant, Joe Alwyn and US actors Cooper Koch and Matt Bomer.
Former prime minister Sir John Major and Victoria's Secret model Mia Armstrong were also in attendance, with the latter sitting next to Koch and with Alwyn on his other side.
Sportsmen including retired hockey player Mark Precious, former rugby player Jonathan Davies and cricketer Kumar Sangakkara watched seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic in action on Centre Court on Wednesday afternoon.
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