WIMBLEDON fans tuning in to watch Jack Draper were left raging as they were greeted by Alexander Zverev instead.
The British No1 launched his campaign on No1 Court by .
With the news being broadcast on BBC One, fans flocked to expecting to find .
But as the 23-year-old got underway, it was ‘s clash with Arthur Rinderknech being shown instead.
With the Zverev match having reached a fourth set tiebreak, the BBC opted to stick with it.
Had Rinderknech won the tiebreak, he would have booked a place in round two.
But when Zverev took it 7-5 to force a deciding fifth set, the BBC opted to switch to Draper.
The British favourite was available to watch all along on .
And while fans watching BBC Two missed barely five minutes of the action, several took to social media to have a moan.
One wrote: “@BBC MISSED 2 games in the Draper match due to your incompetence!!!!WHY DO I PAY MY LICENCE.”;
While a second raged: “@BBCSport what are you doing?! You say Draper on bbc 2 only for it to be Zverev, your iPlayer channels all change.”;
A third huffed: “Sort it out!”;
Another called it a “f***ing shambles”;.
BBC Two or not, Draper made a fantastic start to his 2025 opener.
The fourth seed raced into a one-set lead in just 27 minutes, easily taking it 6-2.
Zverev, meanwhile, went on to crash out of the tournament – losing his decisive fifth set 6-4 to Rinderknech... on BBC iPlayer.
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