Daria Kasatkina was forced to concede a point during her Wimbledon match with Liudmila Samsonova after suffering an ‘unfortunate’ wardrobe malfunction.
Australia’s Kasatkina battled Russia’s Samsonova on Court 3 for a place in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Saturday morning.
After losing the first set 6-2, Kasatkina was keen to make a fast start in the second but her bid to earn an immediate break was hampered by an unusual wardrobe malfunction.
The 28-year-old got a serve from Samsonova back in play but was then forced to stop playing the point after her shirt got caught on her earring.
‘I’m not sure what happened there,’ a BBC commentator said, while another responded: ‘I think her earring got caught on her shirt.
‘That’s not something you see very often. That’s so unfortunate, especially as she was within touching distance in the game.’
One of the commentators then said she had ‘never seen that before’ while her colleague remembered an incident involving Caroline Wozniacki at the 2014 US Open in which her racket got caught in her hair.
‘It’s not something you see every match or every tournament, that’s for sure,’ the pundit continued. ‘I would be taking the earrings out!’
As the commentators were analysing the unfortunate incident, Kasatkina was heard smashing her racket on a chair off screen.
The wardrobe malfunction gifted Samsonova an early hold in the second set and she went on to win it 6-3 to book her place in the fourth round of Wimbledon.
The 26-year-old world No. 19 faces Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro for a place in the quarter-finals.
An incredibly open women’s field at the All England Club opened up even further on Saturday as defending champion Barbora Krejcikova was knocked out.
Krejcikova’s exit, which came at the hands of Emma Navarro, means there are now no former champions left in the women’s draw.
The defending champion won the first set against Navarro but then started struggling physically, allowing the American 10th seed to come back to advance.
‘All I can say that the first half of the match I was definitely enjoying myself on the court and I was feeling quite well,’ she said afterwards.
‘But then suddenly out of nowhere I just lost all my energy and I couldn’t really gain it back. It’s very sad for me and very unfortunate.’
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