Wimbledon LIVE: BBC rage as match halted and top seed leaves court with issues

Defending champion Iga Swiatek has dropped the first set of her third-round match with Alex Eala and is not happy.

At 4-2 of the tiebreak, which she lost 11-9, Swiatek had made three unforced errors in a row and threw her racket at her bag.

“Really has been patchy throughout this set from Iga Swiatek," Anne Keathavong said on the BBC.

Jo Durie added: “I mean to see three unforced errors in a row like that is quite shocking really from Swiatek as you know she makes so many balls usually. She’s aggressive and gets up the court but she has that margin for error. And those three will not have made her feel very good.”

Keathavong then said: “It’s been that kind of afternoon hasn’t it for the world No. 3.”

Arthur Fery is the last Brit standing in the singles here at Wimbledon. But right now, it looks like British hopes are fading, as in-form Eastbourne Open champion Zizou Bergs has raced through the opening set 6-2.

Fery did well to hold serve in the marathon, near-10-minute seventh game of the set, but Bergs quickly closed it out.

Just three winners from Fery in that set to 19 from the Belgian.

Arthur Fery is the last Brit standing in singles here at Wimbledon, so tennis fans were surprised to see the wildcard scheduled on the smaller, outdoor Court 18 for his third-round clash with recent Eastbourne champion Zizou Bergs, instead of a showcourt like Centre, No.1, No.2 or No.3.

The 350-strong court is open to groundspass holders, and the All England Club confirmed on Friday evening that Fery enjoyed his last match against qualifier Otto Virtanen on Court 18, so today's scheduling made sense.

"Arthur likes Court 18 and had a great match out there last time and putting him back out there fitted in with overall scheduling considerations," the club said.

Alex de Minaur's Centre Court match against Zachary Svajda was halted so the American could have a medical timeout while 5-2 down in the third set.

And the incident left BBC commentator Pat Cash furious.

The 61-year-old fumed during the MTO: "I am so against this, the doctors need to stand up and go, no, this is an injury.

"Here's the rule, anything beyond the fourth set in the men's, unless you twist your ankle or roll something or run into the net post or whatever, you shouldn't get a MTO."

Cash added: "As simple as that. Because it’s tiring, you get tired. The doctor should come up and go, ‘Guess what, you’ve just been playing three hours. You’re tired. Your muscles are tired. Move on. Play on.'"

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