hello, i m hugh ferris at the bbc sport centre. the first of the wimbledon quarterfinals take place today, with novak djokovic s match against andrey rublev the third day in a row the defending champion will be on court. he has become the latest to wonder if the schedule at the champoionships could be a little bit different to help prevent that from happening. chethan pathak is there. chethan at least djokovic s match should finish today. in his press conference yesterday, he articulated his frustration. this will be three days in a row for him. he said that he would like to see that center court start time brought forward to about midday. he is not the first player to articulate that. andy murray also said that. it is not the first year that novak
been bad for the sport. itjust seems like it s dragged on for quite a long time now and, yeah, not great for the tennis, not great for the australian open, not great for novak. his former coach, the multiple grand slam winner boris becker, said this story has become about more than just sport. he s only a tennis player. we re alljust sportsmen, we re not politicians. if we are used in a political way, then we don t have a chance. the world number one is still fighting to defend his title here. whether or not he ll be able to play, the australian open will take place under the shadow of a controversy that has gone way beyond tennis. shaimaa khalil in melbourne. phil mercer is also in melbourne for us and brought us up to speed with the latest in the court appeal. after he was detained at melbourne airport about 1.5 weeks ago, he was brought here
and the organisational side of things, we have a mid week against joe ironside. it is our bread and butter. we need to make sure we put performance on. obviously i will have one eye on the draw woolstone. another premier league side to get knocked out was burnley. they were leading 1 0 against huddersfield but conceded twice in the second half to lose the game, matty pearson heading in the winner with just three minutes left. but the holders, leicester, are safely through. james maddison got one of the goals as they beat claudio ranieri s watford 4 1 at the king power stadium. there are nine more third round games today, including liverpool versus shrewsbury, which kicks off at 2:00pm at anfield. jurgen klopp hopes to be back in the dugout for the match after having covid. liverpool s squad has been badly hit by coronavirus and were forced to shut down first team training earlier this week. the family of the world number one tennis star, novak djokovic, havejoined supporters in the
supporters of novak djokovic gather outside the immigration detention centre in melbourne where he s staying. they want to see him on the tennis court. but the countdown is now on to his court case. oh, mate, i haven t slept since he s come off the plane, we re all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia. it s becoming very embarrassing. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he d received a vaccine exemption to enter the country from tennis australia, because he d tested positive for covid on december 16. that was the day on which these pictures were taken, showing djokovic maskless at a ceremony in his home country of serbia, at which he was honoured with his own postage stamps in recognition of his achievements. it s unclear whether he had taken a test at this stage. the following day, serbian media says he was pictured handing out awards to young players. it s unclear whether he knew he had covid. his motherjoined a protest against
it s after documents were released suggesting the tennis star had been granted a vaccine exemption to enter the country because he had tested positive for the virus last month. simonjones reports. supporters of novak djokovic gather outside the immigration detention centre in melbourne where he s staying. they want to see him on the tennis court. the countdown is now on to his court case. 0h, mate, i haven t slept until he came off the plane, we re all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia. it s becoming very embarrassing. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he d received a vaccine exemption to enter the country from tennis australia, because he d tested positive for covid on december 16. that was the day on which these pictures were taken, showing djokovic maskless at a ceremony in his home country of serbia, at which he was honoured with his own postage stamps in recognition of his achievements.