Australia's Daria Saville sees her Wimbledon first-round match interrupted by protesters who invade Court 18 before being arrested by London police, with the UK home secretary promising harsh punishments.
abc.net.au/news/protesters-arrested-daria-saville-dimitrov-wimbledon-invaded/102567936Anti-oil protesters have been arrested at Wimbledon after disrupting play on Court 18, once at a vital point of Australian Daria Saville's opening-round match.Australia's Daria Saville said it may have harmed her concentration, after she was leading before the interruption but lost in straight sets
"It was upsetting. I was like 'Oh, my God, why on my court out of all of them?' and I'm the worst with being able to refocus," said Saville. second Ashes Test at Lord's, where England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow carried one of them away from the pitch. "This is unacceptable. We will be uncompromisingly tough on the selfish protesters intent on spoiling our world-class sporting occasions this summer."
While Saville suffered a loss to Boulter, who is dating Australia's Alex De Minaur, fellow Australian Jordan Thompson tackled tennis's toughest task … Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon.The 29-year-old Australian took it up to the Serbian world number two with some sensational serve/volley tennis and daring drop shots in a spirited effort.
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