BBC pundit tears into Wimbledon star for bringing match to abrupt stop

BBC pundit tears into Wimbledon star for bringing match to abrupt stop The BBC pundit was livid BBC pundit Pat Cash delivered a fiery tirade about medical time-outs during live Wimbledon commentary on Saturday. The Australian was providing analysis during a match featuring his fellow countryman Alex de Minaur against American challenger Zachary Svajda. Trailing 5-2 in the third set, with the opening two sets split one each, Svajda requested the physio. Yet Cash was far from impressed with what unfolded. "I am so against this, the doctors need to stand up and go, no, this is an injury," the 61-year-old said. "Here's the rule, anything beyond the fourth set in the men's, unless you twist your ankle or roll something or run into the net post or whatever, you shouldn't get a MTO." Eventually the two players resumed their match. De Minaur sealed the third set by six games to two but Svajda managed to hold serve to start the fourth. He couldn't stage a fightback, though, with De Minaur securing victory in four sets to progress into round four. "As simple as that. Because it's tiring, you get tired," Cash continued. "The doctor should come up and go, 'Guess what, you've just been playing three hours. You're tired. Your muscles are tired. Move on. Play on.'". Fellow pundit Todd Woodbridge said: "He's a tough man, folks. Pat Cash." However, Cash then responded, saying: "No, because this changes the momentum of the game and it's against the rules." De Minaur, the fifth seed, hadn't surrendered a single set before meeting his American rival on Court 3. He dispatched Roman Andres Burruchaga on the same court to begin his SW19 run before equally cruising past Adrian Mannarino. Svajda opened with a victory over lucky loser Pablo Llamas Ruiz, who had stepped in to replace Mattia Bellucci in the main draw. He subsequently required five sets in the second round when he faced Poland's Kamil Majchrzak. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! All the best sports news and much more on our dedicated Facebook page "One of the things I have learned in early stages of my career, I was a little bit too tough on myself, wanting to start these tournaments at the highest level possible," De Minaur said after his second round win. "And often I would just get frustrated and let kind of negative feelings kind of not allow me to get through some tough moments, right? "What I have learned is ultimately the first week is all about trying to survive and advance, right? It doesn't matter how you do it, whether it's pretty, whether it's ugly, whether you play your best match or your worst match. As long as you get through, you give yourself a chance. "And I feel like once the first week finishes, that second week is a little bit of a reset, and then it's, like, okay, now you've got to kind of shift the mindset, and now you're playing to kind of go deep, right, or win the tournament, right. That's, I guess, the two mindsets. "The first week, it's surviving and finding ways, digging deep, no matter what is thrown at you. And then the second week is where you can enjoy yourself a little bit more."