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Jannik Sinner’s task was already quite difficult: defeating the Rival Carlos Alcaraz in the male final of Wimbledon on Sunday. Then he had to face the champagne caps.
At the top of 2-1 in the second set after abandoning the first, the Italian was about to serve to have a chance to win the match. But a bottle of bottle with the crowd led to a cork landing on the ground. The sinner ceased to bounce the tennis ball and took a few steps back. Alcaraz, through the net, launched his hands of frustration.
The sinner picked up the cork and gave it to a ball girl, who sprinted with the 2 -inch disturbance.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said the referee on the speaker, “out of courtesy for the two players, do not make champagne caps about when the players are about to serve.”
The sinner Continue to defeat Alcaraz in four sets To claim its first Wimbledon trophy. With Sunday’s victory, the sinner has now won each Grand Slam with the exception of the French Open.
He was asked after the match on “having to avoid a champagne cap that came on the field”.
Sinner said it only had to Wimbledon.
“But that’s exactly why we like to play here,” he joked. “It’s a very expensive tournament.”
The Sunday Champagne incident was not the first time he was performing in Wimbledon this year. In the quarterfinals of women in simple Tuesday, a fan Union of a bottle Just like Anastasia Potapova was to serve Mirra Andreeva.
Earlier in the tournament, the American star Amanda Anisimova clashed with Dalma Galfi Hungarian. A few moments before launching the ball for a service, a cap jumped into the crowd, Make it be visibly upset and express its dissatisfaction.
The referee reminded the crowd the rules of the label, which prompted a diffuser to say that it was “the most Wimbledon warning that you have ever heard”.
Anisimova, who then made the final of the female singles before falling into right sets on Iga Swiatek, spoke after the population match in constant cork.
“I mean, it continued to happen,” she said to Reuters. “At one point, I said to myself:” Can everyone simply do it on change? ” »»
Wimbledon is the most prestigious tennis tournament, an event that has taken place since 1877. Unlike the other Grand Slam, there is a dress code for all competitors: all white. Fans of the All England Club must also follow strict rules, one being the popping of bottles in the stands.
On the entrance to the field, it is indicated that “all blocked bottles, including bottles of champagne and sparkling wine, must be opened before being taken to the stands of any court.”
Some fans may have missed that.
