Nothing quite as dramatic Tuesday at the All-England Club. She even briefly grabbed the flagpole before police grabbed her. Andrews as Tiger Woods was winning the 2000 British Open. The 1996 final between Richard Krajicek and MalaVai Washington was delayed when a young lady, Melissa Johnson, wearing only a maid’s apron, sprinted past as the two contestants posed for a prematch photo.Īs if to prove nothing is sacred, a woman, Jacqui Salmond, wearing glasses - and nothing else - ran from the crowd alongside the 18th green at St. People have raced nude across Wimbledon’s green grass a number of times. If baseball were played in England, somebody would streak that. The question only comes up at Wimbledon, where you guys have all your Suns and the Daily Mails and all that.”Īnd where, invariably we have streakers because there’s something in the British psyche that makes people take off their clothes and interfere with a sporting event no matter what, tennis, golf, soccer, even cricket. You know I always have the same answer to this question. They wanted to know if Maria’s grunting on each shot was louder than in previous matches, a query presented by a reporter from one of the tabloids, of course, the Daily Mail. Even more bizarre that it took 10 seconds for security to come out. “I knew the question was going to come,” Sharapova said. They wanted to know Sharapova’s reaction when during the second set of her 6-1, 6-4 victory over Elena Dementieva a male streaker leaped from the stands and did cartwheels until a red blanket was wrapped around him, and he was led away. The four winners were the four top seeds, No.1, Amelie Mauresmo No.2, Kim Clijsters No.3 Justine Henin-Hardenne No.4 Sharapova, a rare situation when that occurs.īut do you think the journalists in attendance were interested? Or cared about the quality of play? Please. No Americans as you’re aware, but that’s besides the point. The Wimbledon women’s quarterfinals were held Tuesday. Maybe it’s driving on the left side of the road.Maybe it’s nearly 2,000 years of never being invaded.
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