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Fans watching Wimbledon connected the BBC person been reacting connected societal media aft seeing what the broadcaster did connected the backmost of Jannik Sinner's victory.
On Sunday afternoon, the 2025 Wimbledon Championships came to a adjacent with Sinner taking connected defending champion Carlos Alcaraz successful the gentlemen's singles final.
In beforehand of an expectant assemblage wrong Centre Court, the 2 champion antheral players successful the satellite enactment connected different fantastic show.
After dropping the archetypal set, Sinner moved up the gears arsenic helium clinched his maiden rubric astatine SW19 by winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
The Italian managed to get his revenge connected Alcaraz aft helium lost the French Open last past period contempt having title points. Sinner has besides ended the Spaniard's two-year reign astatine Wimbledon.
Jannik Sinner is the 2025 Wimbledon champion. Image: Getty
However, fans watching the last connected BBC were near fuming aft the broadcaster ended their sum astatine 8pm, forcing viewers to tune successful elsewhere.
As a result, a batch of radical were incapable to spot Sinner assistance the trophy from the iconic balcony.
On Saturday, the BBC did negociate to amusement ladies' singles champion Iga Swiatek lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish from the Wimbledon balcony aft the Polish prima beat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 successful nether an hour.
Reacting connected societal media, 1 instrumentality said: "Cannot judge the BBC person chopped disconnected Wimbledon sum aboriginal truthful volition not amusement Jannik Sinner going connected the balcony oregon gathering the Royal etc. what an implicit farce."
Another tweeted: "This has to beryllium the worst tennis sum from the BBC, however tin you extremity the programme and not amusement Sinner showing the trophy from the balcony?"
A 3rd instrumentality added: "Not acceptable to extremity sum of men’s champion without the afloat celebrations backstage and balcony."
Someone other wrote: "Why couldn’t we spot Sinner going onto the balcony. Wouldn’t person wounded to enactment connected aerial a fewer minutes longer."
A 5th commented: "Shocking that you ne'er showed Janis Sinner going up into the interior sanctum and gathering Royal & past onto the balcony. You amusement this each twelvemonth without fail!"
The authoritative Wimbledon societal media relationship yet posted a video of Sinner lifting the trophy from the balcony.
SPORTbible has contacted the BBC for comment.
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— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 13, 2025Speaking aft winning Wimbledon, Sinner paid tribute to Alcaraz, helium said: "Hello everyone. First of all, I would similar to commencement with Carlos, again, astonishing tourney but mostly convey you for the subordinate you are.
"It’s truthful hard to play against you but we have, arsenic you said, an astonishing narration disconnected the court, and connected the tribunal we conscionable effort to physique up and for doing that we request the champion teams successful the satellite and besides you person the champion team."
