"Ladies and gentlemen, please don't pop your champagne corks as the players are about to serve. " Such were the words of chair umpire Alison Hughes when a champagne cork flew close to the baseline where Jannick Sinner was about to serve in the fourth game of the second set of Sunday's men's final against Carlos Alcaraz.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please don't pop your champagne corks as the players are about to serve."
Such were the words of chair umpire Alison Hughes when a champagne cork flew close to the baseline where Jannick Sinner was about to serve in the fourth game of the second set of Sunday's men's final against Carlos Alcaraz.
Sinner stopped his service motion and the offender, seemingly in the front rows, was widely booed.
Popping champagne corks have been heard on several occasions during the Wimbledon fortnight, and affected matches, including the third round match of women's finalist Amanda Anisimova.
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