A brief interruption to the fans’ celebration at the Wimbledon Championships on Sunday prompted chair umpire John Blom to reiterate that even corked bottles were not allowed to be opened during the game.
The incident occurred during the first set of a women’s match between Anastasia Potapova and Mirra Andreeva. The chair umpire took the microphone and delivered her message.
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Anastasia Potapova, left, and Mirra Andreeva shake hands at the net after the third round during day seven of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2023 in London, England. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)
«Ladies and gentlemen, please, if you’re opening a bottle of champagne, don’t do it when the players are about to pour it,» Blom said during the mild rebuke.
The crowd cheered and Potapova smiled and nodded her thanks for the message from the chair umpire.
Andreeva won the match 6-2, 7-5, to advance to the fourth round of the Grand Slam event. The 16-year-old Russian native turned heads early in the tournament as she seems to be picking up momentum.
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Mirra Andreeva of Russia serves to Anastasia Potapova of Russia during the women’s singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
«I did a good job because now everything is working so far,» she said after defeating Potapova. «Yeah, I just talked to myself and decided what I need to do next. So far it’s working.»
She is the youngest player to reach the fourth round since American Coco Gauff did so in 2019. She will next face Madison Keys for a spot in the quarterfinals.
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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva plays a return to Russia’s Anastasia Potapova during the women’s singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
«Actually, I think I’m just a normal teenager, like a normal girl. I do, I think, everything that girls my age do. I love to watch some series. I have to do my school. I have no other choice. I have to suffer for two more years, and that’s it,» added Andreeva. «Sometimes it depends on my mood, but sometimes I prefer to be alone, just with myself, yes.»
Associated Press contributed to this report.