The All England Garden Tennis Membership is reportedly not planning to make modifications to its security protocols after world no.33 Yulia Putintseva requested an umpire to eject a spectator throughout her spherical one loss.
Up towards the USA’s Amanda Anisimova, Putintseva was down 0-3 when she went to her seat earlier than complaining to the umpire a few crowd member.
“Can you are taking him out? I am not going to proceed enjoying till he leaves,” she was heard telling the umpire on Stan Sport’s broadcast.
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“These individuals are harmful, they’re loopy.”
Putintseva then pointed to the stand behind the place she was serving and stated the individual was carrying inexperienced.
Yulia Putintseva appears to be like into the group because the umpire talks with safety. Â Stan Sport
The umpire subsequently stepped down from his chair and addressed safety earlier than returning and calling time.
“Take him out, perhaps he has a knife and he’ll assault after, I do not know,” Putintseva stated as she returned to the court docket.
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Anisimova received the next level.
PA information company has since reported the AELTC is pleased with its security protocols and does not plan to make modifications after the incident.
Putintseva went on to lose 6-0, 6-0 in simply 43 minutes. Earlier than the ultimate recreation, Putintseva threw her racquet down and saved her towel over her face, showing to wipe away tears.
A Wimbledon spokesperson stated “the matter was handled”.
Anisimova instructed the BBC post-match she believed the spectator was interrupting her rival as she was about to serve.
“I’m positive that we had been protected,” she added.
The incident comes after a person accused of stalking Emma Raducanu on the Dubai Championships in February had tried to acquire tickets to Wimbledon. He was blocked by the AELTC’s security system.
