Tennis trio Federer, Nadal and Djokovic face Wimbledon Centre Court pickle
London — Novak Djokovic insists it is only fair that he should play his Wimbledon quarterfinal on Centre Court on Wednesday, handing the All England Club a dilemma over relegating Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal to Court One. Despite being a three-time champion, Djokovic has featured just once on Centre Court — against British home favourite Kyle Edmund in the last 32 — in the opening four rounds. By contrast, eight-time champion Federer and Nadal, the title winner on two occasions, have played exclusively on the 15,000-seater Centre Court. So, with two quarterfinals being played on Centre Court and two on Court One, something has got to give. "We’ll see. Hopefully," said Djokovic when asked if he expected to face Japan’s Kei Nishikori on the most famous arena in tennis. The Serb has played twice on the 11,000-capacity Court One in 2018 but was shunted off to the 4,000-seater Court Two for his second-round clash against Horacio Zeballos. Three times he was scheduled last on court, put...
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