Court One duties for Murray

01 July 2015 07:02

Andy Murray will face Holland's Robin Haase in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday but the British number one will be walking out on Court 1 rather than Centre Court.

Seven-time champion Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal are the two male players on Centre while Murray has been shunted down to Court 1, alongside world number 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and defending women's champion Petra Kvitova.

Court 1 has more than 3,000 fewer seats than Centre and the scheduling may be seen as a snub towards Murray, who is bidding for his second Wimbledon crown.

The Scot made a point of expressing his love of Centre Court after his first-round victory over Mikhail Kukushkin on Tuesday.

"It's a great, great court," Murray said. "I've had some of my best matches on there. It doesn't happen at all of the events where from the first day it's a packed, packed crowd from start to finish."

Source: PA