WIMBLEDON, England — One notable result on Saturday was enough for the tennis fans at No. 1 Court. They had just watched Hsieh Su-wei topple the top-seeded Simona Halep in a 2-hour 20-minute, third-round match at Wimbledon that bled into the start of England’s World Cup quarterfinal match against Sweden 2,000 miles away in Samara, Russia.

Sure enough, as Hsieh was signing autographs for spectators gathered courtside, a wave of sound crashed over her. Harry Maguire had scored in the 30th minute to propel England to a 1-0 lead. As news of his goal spread throughout the show court, the initial roar gave way to a singsong chant, “Come on, England!”

So went the middle Saturday at Wimbledon, which became a sportsman’s dream and a fan’s logistical nightmare. The No. 1 players in tennis, Halep and Rafael Nadal, graced the show courts at the All England Club early; Kyle Edmund, the last British player left in the singles draw, played on Centre Court late; and in between, England’s men’s team tried to advance to the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1990.

Tournament officials refused to surrender the clicker for the humongous video screen serving the picnickers on Wimbledon’s Henman Hill, which meant there would be no changing the tennis feed to the BBC broadcast of the soccer match. Fans, many of them, had to make a choice.