{"id":243678,"date":"2025-07-06T21:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T21:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/243678\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T21:54:15","slug":"wimbledon-star-loses-game-after-nightmare-ear-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/243678\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon star loses game after nightmare ear incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

An extraordinary moment unfolded on No 3 Court when Daria Kasatkina lost a point in the most unusual fashion during her clash with Liudmila Samsonova.<\/p>\n

The 16th seed struck a forehand return, only for her earring to become entangled in her Adidas polo shirt.<\/p>\n

Unable to free herself quickly enough, Kasatkina could only watch helplessly as Samsonova’s routine backhand rolled past her.<\/p>\n

The Russian appeared surprised by her good fortune as her opponent struggled with the unexpected wardrobe malfunction.<\/p>\n

\"Wimbledon\"\/<\/p>\n

An extraordinary moment unfolded on No 3 Court when Daria Kasatkina lost a point in the most unusual fashion during her clash with Liudmila Samsonova<\/p>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

The bizarre incident occurred during what would prove to be a difficult afternoon for the 28-year-old former quarter-finalist at SW19.<\/p>\n

It also perfectly encapsulated Kasatkina’s struggles throughout the match. She was comprehensively outplayed in the opening set, falling 6-2 to the 19th seed.<\/p>\n

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\"Wimbledon\"\/<\/p>\n

Daria Kasatkina struggled during her match with Liudmila Samsonova<\/p>\n

PA<\/p>\n

The second set began no better for Kasatkina, who found herself trailing 2-0 and facing break point at 40-40 when rain forced both players off court.<\/p>\n

At this juncture, chair umpire Nico Helwerth was wheeled away from the court, with spectators left amused.<\/p>\n

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The enforced break lasted approximately two hours, but any hopes that the interruption might help Kasatkina reset proved unfounded with her woes only increasing.<\/p>\n

The match concluded with Samsonova maintaining her dominance, securing a 6-2 6-3 victory over her compatriot.<\/p>\n

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It served as a disappointing end to Kasatkina’s Wimbledon campaign, with the earring incident becoming an unfortunate symbol of her day’s misfortune.<\/p>\n

Samsonova’s reward for her comprehensive victory is a meeting with Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the next round.<\/p>\n

\"Liudmila<\/p>\n

Liudmila Samsonova remains on course for Wimbledon glory<\/p>\n

PA<\/p>\n

The Spanish player earned her place in the encounter after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-1 2-6 6-3 on Court 16.<\/p>\n

Notably, Yastremska had been responsible for eliminating Coco Gauff from the tournament, making Bouzas Maneiro’s victory all the more impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An extraordinary moment unfolded on No 3 Court when Daria Kasatkina lost a point in the most unusual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[512,93,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-243678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sgg","9":"tag-sport","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114808518529521463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243678","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=243678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}