Emma Raducanu and British No.1 Katie Boulter were competing in the women’s doubles at Queen’s on Wednesday – but their quarter-final showdown was not broadcast on the BBC
Furious viewers have taken aim at the BBC on social media after they were unable to watch a doubles match featuring Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter at Queen’s, with an old episode of Bargain Hunt airing instead.
The Brits met Lyudmyla Kichenok and Erin Routliffe in a doubles quarter-final match at Queen’s on Wednesday, just two days after frustrated viewers made their feelings clear at the fact that their opening triumph over Wu Fang-hsien and Jiang Xinyu was not available to watch.
Despite that backlash, their latest match also failed to make the airwaves with BBC One showing a two-year-old episode of Homes Under The Hammer, which was followed by a repeat of Bargain Hunt.
Coverage of the match was available on the Tennis Channel, albeit without commentary, but was not present on BBC iPlayer until the latter stages of the second set.
Raducanu and Boulter were beaten in straight sets by their opponents, who triumphed 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles.
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