The mother of Rabbi Mordechai Zuckerman, Shlita, a noted Talmud Chochom in Yerushalayim, davened Mincha close to sunset (which is usually preferred, see Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 233:1) every day of the year, except Tisha BAv, when she would daven Mincha as early in the day as was possible.
Rabbi Zuckerman asked his mother why her practice on Tisha BAv was different than the other days of the year.

She responded that the Mincha of Tisha BAv is the one time during the year where we add a special Tefillah, asking Hashem to "Nachem", to console, the mourners of Zion and Yerushalayim. She simply could not wait to daven Mincha until later, as this would mean an extra few hours of delay in begging Hashem to console us.

HaRav Yechezkel Levenstein ZTL (Or Yechezkel, Emunah p. 292) states that he remembers the Chofetz Chaims mashal as to how we should wait for Moshiach: Imagine a person who is very unwell and who is waiting for the expert doctor who will give him the medication needed to cure him of his illness. When will he arrive? Every knock at the doorIs it the doctor?And every delay in his coming causes a greater longing for him.

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