Wimbledon press conferences are notoriously strange affairs as the still highly-charged players, who may have felt their biggest ordeal is over, are obliged to duel with journalists.

Things do not always run smoothly. Take the reporter who this week asked Tomas Berdych how he felt going into the quarter-finals.

Little wonder the Czech got the hump – “Does he know right, or is he trying to make fun of me?” – he had just lost to Gilles Simon.

Victoria Azarenka also took exception after being asked about the volume of her and Serena Williams’ grunting following her quarter-final defeat on Tuesday.

The home-based reporters, who invariably want to ask questions about the tennis, tend to be left exasperated by their largely American counterparts, who tend to lurch between the sycophantic and the mind-bogglingly trivial.

It is hardly surprising that players go on the defensive or do not say too much… considering all of the nonsense thrown at Andy Murray.

Over the years his handling of the media pack has in the main been calm, considered and thoughtful.

Contrast him with young Australian Nick Kygrios, who was drawn into a petty argument after his defeat to Richard Gasquet which, while making entertaining viewing, did not reflect well on interviewee or interviewers.

On the same day, Caroline Wozniacki showed their value in the wake of her own defeat to Garbine Muguruza.

It may not have been what the All England Club wanted to hear, but the Danish star highlighted the inequality in terms of the number of women’s matches compared to the men on show courts.

Tennis is ahead of other sports… how often are England’s World Cup semi-finalist female footballers going to play at Wembley or England’s World Cup winning women’s rugby team going to play at Twickenham?

Whatever, it is a debate sparked by a player making an intelligent point. They might make a few more if the questions got a bit better.