Angelique Kerber dismisses criticism of Wimbledon scheduling: 'It doesn't matter which court I'm on'

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Wimbledon top seed Angelique Kerber says it does not matter which court she plays on after criticism of the scheduling for her third-round victory over Shelby Rogers on Saturday.

Kerber, the World No.1, beat Rogers in three sets on Court No.2 -- even though a male No.1 seed has not played below Court No.1 since they started taking records here in 2000.

Asked if that was fair, two-time Grand Slam champion Kerber said: "To be honest, I'm really not looking out of the schedule. I'm trying to think more about my game. It doesn't matter which court I'm on. I just go out there, try to play my game.

"It was a really good atmosphere [on Court No.2]. We had full house. It was really good to play on this court. It doesn't matter which court."

Wimbledon organisers have previous been criticised for male bias after campaigner Mark Leyland analysed the matches scheduled on Centre and No.1 courts during the last two championships.

He said the results demonstrated a gender bias overwhelmingly in favour of male players, claiming there were two men’s matches for every one women’s match on each of the top two courts, unlike in the other Grand Slams.

Wimbledon was the first Grand Slam to introduce equal prize money for men and women ten years ago. Both winners will earn £2.2million.

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