Director of BBC Sport Barbara Slater has admitted that she would like to see more night matches during Wimbledon, as well as less grunting from the players.

With the retractable roof now available on Centre Court, some games went on until around 11pm at this year's tournament.

Those matches have proved to be successful in terms of audience numbers and as a result Slater is planning to hold talks with officials at SW19 regarding the possibility of even more night-time encounters.

"It's been very successful," Slater told Bloomberg. "Inevitably, when play moves into the peak evening, audiences are higher.

"It is safe to say that of course we as a broadcaster would love more tennis, and for that tennis to extend, but we are very aware there are constraints on the club.

"We have conversations with the All England Club, and they evolve their strategy going forward."

Meanwhile, grunting is something that the International Tennis Federation recently confirmed that they were keen to drive out of the women's game.

Discussing the issue, Slater admitted that the shrieking is something that has been known to put off viewers.

"It is a shame, and some of our audience clearly don't like that," she added. "You want to see women athletes achieving the very highest standards of play.

"That is something that the governing bodies have got to work with the players on, wanting to be respectful of those players' desire to play the game to their very maximum.

"But equally, I think it's very important both for the crowd and the TV audiences that it doesn't become too distracting."

The BBC recently extended its contract to screen Wimbledon until 2017.