Rafael Nadal famously felt the need to remind a reporter than he was in fact the World No 2 and the winner of 18 Grand Slams when he was asked if his appearance on Centre Court was justified.

Back at the championships in 2019 the Spaniard took issue with a question that appeared to call his status into debate. 'Manic Monday' has caused a scheduling headache for Wimbledon organisers as all 16 fourth round matches across both the men's and women's draw take place on the same day.

Ash Barty, now retired by then the women's No 1, had been playing on an outside court. Fresh off winning the French Open the Australian found herself on Court 2 for the second time in four matches and was beaten 3-6 6-2 6-3 by little-known American Alison Riske.

It ignited debate over whether her match should've been playing in front of a bigger round as opposed to Nadal's 6-2 6-2 6-2 routine win over Joao Sousa.

Nadal certainly had no interest in giving the politically correct answer when asked about whether Barty was deserving of the Centre Court slot.

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Nadal was asked the question and then responded: "Can we predict the future or not?" The reporter then reminded him that Barty was the world No 1.

The Spaniard quickly hit back: "I am the world No 2 and I won 18 Grand Slams. My answer is not no or yes, my answer is they have to make a decision. But you are putting Ashleigh Barty in front of me. Both decisions would've been good. In the world of tennis today, honestly, my feeling is today I am little bit more than Ashleigh Barty, even if Ashleigh Barty is the first (ranked) player in the world and she already won in the French Open and she is playing unbelievably good.

"But we can't create polemics every single day about decisions that they have to take. At the end of the day they have to make a decision. A day like today, everybody is playing, Djokovic wasn't playing on Centre. On the first day I had to play on Court One, so everyday is a decision."

Barty meanwhile took a different approach when quizzed and said: "Scheduling is out of my control. I'll play on any court I'm scheduled on. Obviously scheduling is very difficult. There are so many incredible matches all the fans and all the people want to watch, and players want to be a part of. For us, the tennis court is the same size. Court 2 is a beautiful court. I enjoyed my time out there."

Barty would emerge victorious on her next visit to Wimbledon two years later, beating Karolina Pliskova to win her second Grand Slam.