It looks like the controversies at the ongoing Wimbledon Championships are refusing to die down. Earlier, there were several eyebrows raised with the line-call technology malfunctioning on multiple occasions. Additionally, there were also many errors made by the commentators, which caught the eyes of the tennis world. On this occasion, it was the live broadcast that became the centerpiece of a major controversy at Wimbledon.
Earlier today, during the first set tiebreaker in Jannik Sinner’s match against Ben Shelton, ESPN abruptly switched the broadcast to Novak Djokovic’s match, which had begun on Center Court. The Serb was playing Flavio Cobolli in, but this abrupt switch didn’t go down well with fans, who took to social media to lash out at the broadcaster.
The Sinner-Shelton match was shaping up to be an intense affair and naturally fans who were invested in the proceedings were unhappy at being forced into viewing a different match. One fan wrote, “I wanted to watch Sinner and not Djokovic, ESPN.”
queria assistir o sinner e não o djokovic espn
— quel. (@lmwdrc) July 9, 2025
Similarly, another X user lashed out at the broadcaster for prioritizing Djokovic over Sinner, saying, “Type ok they preferred djokovic’s match on the main court but they could easily rotate between the two matches on espn, it’s driving me crazy not being able to follow sinner x Shelton.”
This is a developing story…
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