"Please don't stop the music," trilled Rihanna on one of the tracks played on Centre Court today. Not everyone's sentiment. "Too Americanised," is how some have described the atmosphere between matches.
Of course, many American tournaments play music each changeover. Personally, I love it, I feel it adds to the entertainment and emotion of a match. But I appreciate it isn't everybody's cup of tea, and wouldn't quite suit the ambience of many tournaments, including Eastbourne.
But I feel the idea of music between matches works fine. Okay, as you'd expect there are song choices as obvious and cheesy as a Richard Curtis film soundtrack - how many times do you hear "The Power" by Snap at a sporting event? But already this year there's been a wider range of music than the automatic rock classics. I wouldn't've bet on Norah Jones' "Sunrise" cropping up, but it did.
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