Caroline Wozniacki sparks Wimbledon sexism row over women on show courts
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Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki has accused Wimbledon of sexism after saying that women get fewer chances to feature on show courts.
The 24-year-old criticised tournament organisers after her 6-4, 6-4 loss to Spain's Garbine Muguruza in the fourth round.
She said she'd "love" to play on a big court but women weren't given the opportunity often enough.
"You only get one women's match on court one and centre court," she said.
"Most of last week it was only one women's match on court two as well. It's definitely different, that's all I can say.
"I think a lot of us women feel like we deserve to play on the big courts in front of a big crowd as well."
A spokesman for the All England Club declined to comment.
Reporters were told during Wozniacki's press conference to "stick to tennis questions" after she was asked about an ankle injury suffered by her golf champion ex-fiance Rory McIlroy.
Meanwhile, Britain's hopes of Wimbledon glory are still alive after Andy Murray made it into the quarter-finals.
The 28-year-old needed three hours and three minutes to beat 6ft 10in Ivo Karlovic, the tallest player on the men's tour.
He'll now face Vasek Pospisil in the next round.
Murray's wife Kim, comedian Michael McIntyre and some top golfers including Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were at Centre Court to support him.
Pippa Middleton was spotted at SW19 the day after her niece Princess Charlotte was christened.
Celebrities were also at Serena Williams' battle with older sister Venus.
Singer John Legend, 36, posed for a courtside Instagram picture with his 29-year-old model girlfriend Chrissy Teigen.
Canadian rapper Drake was also back among Serena's entourage after he was spotted at the All England Club last week.
After getting through to the quarter-finals, Serena said: "It was such a great vibe, such a great situation to be in, when we were both so young and dreaming of coming to Wimbledon."
Earlier in the day temperamental Nick Kyrgios crashed out of the tournament after appearing to throw an entire game in protest at receiving another warning for his behaviour.
It came after he was handed a code violation for swearing during his last-16 match against France's Richard Gasquet.
The 20-year-old Australian spent the next game refusing to play the ball, with BBC presenter Sue Barker commenting: "I have never seen anything like it at Wimbledon."
Roger Federer progressed to the next round as he tries to take his tally of titles at SW19 to a record eight.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic fought back from two sets down against South Africa's Kevin Anderson.
Their match will continue on Tuesday after play was suspended due to poor light.
The BBC announced on Monday that it was changing the format of its revamped Wimbledon 2Day highlights show after it was panned by critics and viewers.
The BBC Two programme, hosted by Clare Balding, is moving to a studio above Centre Court and its live audience will be axed.
The All England Club confirmed that it would observe the minute's silence to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the London 7/7 bombings on Tuesday at 11.30am.
A spokesman said: "Play on all courts, except Centre Court and No 1 Court, will start at 11.45am instead of 11am."
Centre Court and Court 1 usually start play at 1pm.
It comes after a minute's silence was held at midday on Friday in memory of the victims of the Tunisia beach massacre.
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