Fans left perplexed as BBC miss start of Andy Murray's quarter-final

Murray’s highly-anticipated last-eight clash against Vasek Pospisil of Canada was one event that sports fans did not want to miss on Wednesday, but many were left outraged and confused as the BBC stayed with the news for the start of the match.

And then the local news.

And then - good grief - the weather forecast as well! That's despite the fact that the BBC has paid for weather girl Carol Kirkwood to be on hand all fortnight at Wimbledon.

[Andy Murray v Vasek Pospisil - live updates]

When the Corporation finally deigned to switch to its sole remaining premium sporting event, they even made it seem like you hadn't missed a thing by showing they players walking out and warming up.

But no - it turned out that the quarter-final was at deuce in the second game, with Murray in danger of losing his serve early on. Several minutes went by before they finally caught everyone up.

Fans were left bewildered by the high-profile Murray match seemingly being ignored and took to social media to vent their frustration and hope that someone could provide an explanation.

A number of fans seemed genuinely upset by the decision to hide the Murray match from obvious view.

Even when the BBC finally went over to the Murray match, fans were still left unhappy with Roger Federer's last-eight match not being shown away from the 'red button'.

Typically, with just four games having been played and just two fully broadcast, rain then decided to intervene and bring the match to a halt with fans having no luck whatsoever.

To be fair to the BBC they did only miss a small part of Murray's match so perhaps some of the backlash was they received was slightly harsh, but of all players to ensure that scheduling issues do not affect their matches, surely the British number one and former Wimbledon champion would be the absolute priority.

All in all, it has not been a great Wimbledon for the BBC after their much-pilloried highlights show 'Wimbledon 2Day' received a total overhaul after less than a week on air.

Ahead of the 2015 tournament the BBC decided to ditch John Inverdale's 'Today at Wimbledon' highlights show, which focused on highlights of the tennis with snippets of expert analysis.

Instead, what they served up was Clare Balding in front of a live audience presenting a 'Top Gear' style discussion show, with light-hearted features interspersed with occasional fragments of tennis.

After the public outcry, the entire format of the show had to be changed with Balding and team working from a studio in a much more traditional, sombre fashion.