Novak Djokovic has criticised the Wimbledon schedulers, saying there was no reason he could not play on Monday and claiming he was kept in the dark about his chances of playing.
Djokovic beat Adrian Mannarino 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 under the roof on Centre Court on Tuesday after the pair had been due to meet on Court No.1 the previous day - only for Rafa Nadal's defeat to Gilles Muller to run to nearly five hours.
Wimbledon organisers considered moving Djokovic's match to the empty Centre Court but, with 30,000 people still inside the grounds, the decision was scrapped amid safety fears.
Djokovic will therefore be the only men's quarter-finalist to play on consecutive days, when he faces Thomas Berdych on Wednesday.
"I just didn't see any logic in not playing us on the Centre Court. They could just make the announcement, move them [the spectators] in, and we could play," he said.
"It was a long day for both Mannarino and me. We just had to kind of warm up, cool down, and be on standby to go onto the court.
"We spoke with the referee, supervisors, trying to understand the thought process that they are having. It was a wrong decision not to play us last night, because we could have played.
"I think the last match on the Centre Court was done before 7:00. Having in mind that Centre Court has the roof and lights, we could have played until 11:00.
"We went to the referee's office before 20:00. There was security reasons. That was the only excuse, that basically there were explanations that we were getting.
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"I obviously was not happy not to play last night. I wanted to play. I thought we could have played. We were kept for two and a half hours in the dark, in a way, without knowing what we are going to do.
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"So you were on your toes warming up, cooling down. Referee's office was completely indecisive. Finally when the match was over, we thought, Okay, we have two and a half hours, we can go to Centre Court.
"They said, 'No, it's going to take too long to get the crowd in'. It was frustrating."
Muller eventually beat Nadal 15-13 in the final set, and Djokovic backed the introduction of a fifth-set tie-break at 6-6 at Wimbledon, saying: "Other Grand Slam have it.
"I just don't see any reason why not. Because [John] Isner and [Nicholas] Mahut made a history with an 11-hour match once? Is that a reason why we're keeping it?
"It is great drama. But that player has to go out tomorrow. It is for a spectator. But for a player to play a five-, six-hour match, then come back the next day or within two days and perform, it's not really what your body's looking for, to be honest. If you are already getting to the 6-All fifth set, you might as well just decide it in a tie-break."
Djokovic also slammed the Centre Court surface, saying: "The court is not in a great condition."
