While it has been a thrilling event in terms of tennis action on the court, there have been numerous controversies that have hit Wimbledon this year. Among them are the commentary standards at the tournament. BBC commentator Andrew Castle has faced much heat for his poor commentary at Wimbledon this year. During the match between Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego, Castle’s commentary was deemed offensive as he mispronounced Shelton’s girlfriend, Trinity Rodman’s name. Instead, Castle called her “Tiffany,” which raised eyebrows in the tennis circuit. Recently, he was on the receiving end once again as fans slammed him while Andre Agassi was beside him.
In the match between Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz, Agassi made a special appearance in the commentator’s box. While fans were thrilled to have him, they didn’t like Castle constantly voicing his opinion and sometimes even interrupting Agassi when the American legend shared his thoughts. Thus, one of the fans slammed him, saying, “Great to hear #Agassi bring the commentary back to tennis, whilst Andrew Castle rabbits on as ever. ‘People are watching for tennis, not for [who is in the Royal box]’.” Castle constantly kept talking about the Royal Box and describing the people there, which didn’t go down well with the fans.
Great to hear #Agassi bring the commentary back to tennis, whilst Andrew Castle rabbits on as ever.
‘People are watching for tennis, not for [who is in the Royal box]’.#Wimbledon @Wimbledon @BBCSport pic.twitter.com/jxHw4LoRBp
— Bryan (@edin1981) July 11, 2025
Further, another X user made a strong appeal to the BBC to “drop” Castle. The fan wrote, “When will the BBC drop Andrew Castle? I have never seen anyone say something positive about his commentary. Interrupting Andre Agassi while he is in a flow to talk about someone in the Royal Box is insane. Castle ruins the coverage every time he speaks,” as he slammed Castle for not letting Agassi share his views freely and interrupting him.
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