LONDON — The All England Membership confirmed Sunday {that a} 15-year-old German participant has been disqualified from Wimbledon’s junior match after he angrily threw his racket onto the grass, inflicting it to bounce off the stands.
The incident involving Ida Wobker occurred close to the top of the second set of Saturday’s first-round ladies’s singles match.
Romanian opponent Maria Valentina Pop gained the primary set 6-0, however Wobker misplaced her composure within the second set with a protracted backhand miss, making it 5-5. She threw her racket towards the court docket, and it bounced up and into the a number of rows of stands lining court docket 11.
It’s unclear whether or not the racket hit a spectator, however Wobker walked in direction of the stands and retrieved the racket.
After a protracted look ahead to a verdict from match officers, the referee declared Wobker in default for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Wobker was not fined as a result of there isn’t any prize cash within the junior match.
