Wimbledon star Amanda Anisimova fumed at a supporter for disrupting her service motion during her third-riound clash with Dalma Galfi. The No.13 seed was in the process of tossing the ball into the air early on in the third set when a fan decided that was the perfect time to open a bottle of champagne.<\/p>\n
Fans are instructed to remain seated and stay silent during play, and especially during a service motion. This unruly supporter found out about the strict rules the hard way.<\/p>\n
The popping noise rung around Court 3 as the bottle of champagne was opened and it halted Anisimova in her tracks. She gave the fan a death stare and scolded “Why did you have to open that right now?”<\/p>\n
The umpire reminded the crowd of their conduct, saying: “Thank you ladies and gentleman, if you could avoid opening bottles of champagne when the players are about to serve.”<\/p>\n
Anisimova was asked about the incident after wrapping up the 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 victory and she said: “Yeah, I mean, it kept happening. At some point I was, like, Can everybody just do it on the changeover?<\/p>\n
“Yeah, it was a bit rowdy on that court, too, because you could hear everyone on the sides that are, like, outside of the court. It was definitely a bit distracting.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, then again, I have to just adjust, try and focus as much as I can. But, yeah, it can be a little loud when people are doing their external things, but I love the atmosphere and the energy and the crowd supporting me, so it’s been good.”<\/p>\n
Anisimova is one of the top seeds remaining in the women’s draw after a record amount fell in the early rounds<\/a>, including her fellow Americans Coco Gauff<\/a> and Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n On the upsets, Anisimova added: “I feel like maybe I feel a little bit of pressure because obviously you feel like the opportunity is there.<\/p>\n “At the end of the day I keep reminding myself to just focus on the present, just take it one match at a time. This morning I was just telling myself that and, yeah, to just enjoy the moment, trust my game. I try and focus on what I can control and just zoom out of everything else.”<\/p>\n To be the first to receive the latest Wimbledon<\/a> news, join our WhatsApp community<\/a> or Wimbledon newsletter<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wimbledon star Amanda Anisimova fumed at a supporter for disrupting her service motion during her third-riound clash with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[72273,92740,79,1068,31635,16,92741,15,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-238092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-amanda-anisimova","9":"tag-fan-disruption","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-tennis-section","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-umpire-intervention","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114796391573659131","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}