Wimbledon | Novak Djokovic points out to his unfair treatment with Centre Court

While the aces like Federer and Nadal have enjoyed the exclusivity of the 15,000-capacity Centre Court this campaign so far, the three-time champion Djokovic has been robbed of. While his second round clash with Horacio Zeballos was pushed to the 4,000-seater Court Two, he has also seen himself scheduled on the court last that has the risk of fading light and the nagging burden of having to return the following day.

Hence, now with two quarter-finals being played on Centre Court and two on Court One, Djokovic has asked the association to allot him the coveted space. Djokovic’s only game in Centre Court came against the local favourite Kyle Edmund in the last 32, which was followed by a low turnout match on Monday against Russia's Karen Khachanov.

When asked if he was expecting his clash against Nishikori to be on Centre Court, Djokovic replied, "We'll see. Hopefully."

This isn’t the first time that the Serbian has been robbed of it. A year ago his last-16 match with Adrian Mannarino, which was scheduled for Court One, was cancelled despite the Centre Court with its retractable roof being available. Consequently, Djokovic had to play the fourth-round match on Tuesday and the quarter-final on the very next day as he was forced to retire against Tomas Berdych with an elbow injury.

Djokovic almost saw a repeat of it again on Monday when the organizers had surprisingly scheduled a mixed doubles match on the famous court that went till after the sunset. 

"I heard that the organisers were planning to cancel my match if Gael Monfils and Kevin Anderson went to a fifth. Luckily for me, it didn't happen," Djokovic had said before his tie with Khachanov.