‘Sort it out!' – Wimbledon fans raging as Jack Draper's match disappears from BBC coverage with Zverev shown
The British No1 launched his campaign on No1 Court by taking on Argentina's Sebastian Baez.
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With the news being broadcast on BBC One, fans flocked to BBC Two expecting to find Draper.
But as the 23-year-old got underway, it was Zverev '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 BBC iPlayer.
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 Wimbledon 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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