It seemed that we had seen it all, but suddenly in the match between Sinner and Alcaraz it happened again, something that has rarely happened. A person in the stands uncorked a bottle of champagne while the Italian was about to serve and the cork fell on the court.
It was Jannik himself who handed the object to the ball girl to take it away, to which the chair umpire responded by calling out over the loudspeaker: “Ladies and gentlemen, please do not throw champagne corks onto the court when players are about to serve, thank you.” It happened the other day in the match between Amanda Anisimova and Linda Noskova, “Why did you have to open that right now?” said the American.
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