The All England Club chief Richard Lewis defended Wimbledon organizers from criticism around the scheduling choice. Two men's matches and one women's match get often scheduled on the Centre Court per day, and a recent research proved that men got bigger courts than women in the last 20 years.

Lewis said: 'I believe it is the right policy. You try to treat each match and each day on its merits. The particular hotspot last year was the day when we had Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray all playing, plus Angelique Kerber, Garbiñe Muguruza, Johanna Konta and Venus Williams.

What do you do with all that? We had a blessing of riches of matches and talent to put on. It’s just a judgment call. I think there will be eras when the ladies’ matches will be bigger marquee matches than the men’s.

That is easy to foresee. But last year we had that pinch point, which was a nice problem to have, and it attracted a lot of attention.' ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: 'In ten years from now, tennis could be in danger'